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  1. 2 days ago · Today, it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 600 million when including second language speakers. [4] [5] Spanish is the official language of 20 countries, as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations. [6]

  2. 4 days ago · Spanish orthography is the orthography used in the Spanish language. The alphabet uses the Latin script.

  3. 1 day ago · Spain lost all of its North and South American territories, except Cuba and Puerto Rico, in a complex series of revolts 1808–26. Spain was at war with Britain 1798–1808, and the British blockade cut Spain's ties to the overseas empire. Trade was handled by American and Dutch traders.

  4. Jun 28, 2024 · The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy [c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d] [4] [5] [6] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [7] [8] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, [9] controlling vast portions of the Americas ...

  5. 2 days ago · Spanish is also the most learned language other than English, [3] with about 8 million students. Estimates count up to 57 million native speakers, heritage language speakers, and second-language speakers. [4] [5] [6] There is an Academy of the Spanish Language located in the United States as well.

  6. 1 day ago · The economy of Spain is a highly developed social market economy. It is the world's 15th largest by nominal GDP and the sixth-largest in Europe. Spain is a member of the European Union and the eurozone, as well as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the World Trade Organization.

  7. 2 days ago · Eleven of Spain's fifty provinces saw an absolute decline in population over the century. In 2022, the average total fertility rate (TFR) across Spain was 1.16 children born per woman. Spain accepted 478,990 new immigrant residents in the first six months of 2022 alone.