In an article publish on “El Clarin“, an Argentinian newspaper, Humberto Lopez, general secretary of the association of academies of languages, talks about the growth of the Spanish language in U.S.A. Lopez predicts that U.S.A will have well over 110 million Spanish speakers by 2050, he adds that USA is currently fifth behind Mexico, Spain, Colombia and Argentina; in the number of inhabitants speaking the language. Lopez mentions the possibility of Spanish becoming the second official language of U.S.A and even replacing English as the first international language. His statements are strong, but will we see it in our lifetime if it happens? What implications will it bring to our education system?
Direct link to article: http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/20/um/m-01461500.htm
International Languages on the rising
July 21, 2007 — ksueduc
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[...] Humberto Lopez predicts the USA will have over 110 million Spanish speakers by 2050 and says Spanish should become an official language, maybe even replacing English as the first language. But this blogger thinks it’s vital to [...]
May 18, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Well, I think that Spanish in the US is most certainly going to become a massive presence over the next generation, and it will be a completely unique variety of Spanish as well. Check out what I had to say on a similar, though separate topic at http://translation-blog.trustedtranslations.com/how-to-kill-a-language-2009-05-15.html.