The Spanish Language: Fun Facts

The Spanish language is spoken by over ____ million people worldwide.

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

This country has the most Spanish speakers in the world with around 115 million speakers.

• Colombia

• Mexico

• Chile

• Costa Rica

This country has the second highest population of Spanish speakers in the world.

• Argentina

• United States

• Brasil

• Spain

Spanish is a language originally from this country.

• Mexico

• Puerto Rico

• Argentina

• Spain

Spanish is the ____________ most spoken language in the world.

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

"Español" is one term some countries to describe the Spanish language. What is another term other countries use?

• castellano

• portugués

• leonese

• vasco

How many countries have Spanish as their official language?

• 10

• 17

• 21

• 30

Around 30-40 percent of the words in Spanish look and sound similar to English, and have the same meaning. What are these types of words called?

• verbs

• analogies

• cognates

• antonyms

The official Spanish alphabet has the same letters has English, except it has one letter extra. Which letter is it?

• ç

• ñ

• ă

• ø