| Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in | | | | other in many ways. There are phonetic |
| the world. More than 350 million people that speak | | | | differences but usually these don't cause problems |
| Spanish are native speakers, making it the world's | | | | while two people that speak spanish are having a |
| second most spoken language in terms of native | | | | conversation. By hearing the dialect of a |
| speakers but it is the fourth in terms of total | | | | Spanish-speaker you can tell the difference |
| speakers. It has become the second language | | | | between big groups of people and you can even |
| more studied after English. | | | | tell where they are from. |
| That is why there are many programs that help | | | | Once a girl from Peru met a student from |
| non-Spanish speakers learn the language like | | | | Dominican Republic and when they started taking |
| Rosetta Stone, Rocket Spanish and many more. | | | | for the first time, the Peruvian girl couldn't |
| These programs help you learn by using games, | | | | understand what the Dominican girl was saying. |
| animated teachers and many other didactic | | | | She had to ask her to slow down a little bit to |
| features. You have plenty of good software from | | | | finally understand what she was saying. People |
| excellent companies to choose from you just | | | | from Dominican Republic and countries in the |
| have to find the one that adjusts to your way of | | | | Caribbean speak very fast sometimes it is |
| learning. | | | | compared to people singing while on the other |
| Spanish is also called "Castellano" (which in English | | | | side people from Peru speak in a slower pace |
| means Castilian). It is a Romance language that | | | | sometimes compared by people from other |
| originated in the north of Spain and then it spread | | | | countries as praying. It is incredible how things like |
| into The Kingdom of Castile and so it became the | | | | this can happen between two people that speak |
| principal language of that kingdom. Spanish is | | | | the same language, but it is proof that even |
| derived from Latin. | | | | though a person might speak Spanish, the |
| There are geographic variations in the Spanish | | | | language is different in every Spanish-speaking |
| language called dialects which differ from each | | | | country. |