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Spanish Language Growing

By 2050, 10 percent of the world population will be speaking Spanish, spurred mostly by its growth in the United States, says Cuban linguist Humberto Lopez Morales.
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Cuban linguist Humberto Lopez Morales said: “The projections couldn’t make us happier.” The head of the association of Spanish language academies received a special prize for his book on the evolution of the Spanish language throughout the world. Lopez, a member of Puerto Rico’s language academy, said that thanks to the growing Spanish-speaking population in the United States, which he said currently stands at 13 million, the language of Don Quixote will also increase proportionally worldwide.

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