How many countries is el mundo hispano comprised of?
How many countries is el mundo hispano comprised of?
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Spanish is the official language in 20 countries, and it is spoken by some speakers in another 51 others. For more information, why not checking Wikipedia?
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Hispanophone (hispanohablantes or hispanofonía in Spanish) denotes Spanish language speakers as well as the Spanish-speaking world. The word derives from the Latin political name of the Iberian Peninsula, Hispania, which comprised basically the territory of the modern states of Spain and Portugal.
Hispanophones are estimated to be between 450[1] and 500 million[2] globally, making Spanish the second most spoken language in terms of native speakers. Around 360 million live in Hispanic America and 40 million in Spain. There are a large number of Spanish speakers in the United States, comprising more than 34 million.[3] There are also smaller Hispanophone groups in Canada, northern Morocco, Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara[4] and the Philippines, as well as in many other places around the world, particularly large cities.
If you go to the following site, you can see several maps and a list of the 20 Spanish-speaking countries.
www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_speaking_countries
