Spanish Language can be your travel guide to Latin America

Spanish Language can be your travel guide to Latin America

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Latin America consists of the entire South America, Mexico, parts of North and Central America and islands of the Caribbean. These countries have a rich history of colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese from the late 15th century to the 18th century hence it is greatly influenced by their culture. Most of these countries of Latin America are Spanish speaking countries.

The Latin American countries are:

  • Belize
  • Brazil
  • Venezuela
  • Costa Rica
  • Chile
  • Cuba
  • El Salvador
  • Colombia
  • Dominican Republic
  • Guatemala
  • Ecuador
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • French Guiana
  • Guadeloupe
  • Mexico
  • Guyana
  • Martinique
  • Nicaragua
  • Paraguay
  • Puerto Rico
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Saint-Barthelemy
  • Argentina
  • Suriname
  • Saint-Martin
  • Bolivia
  • Uruguay

 

 
Out of all the countries that are listed above Spanish is the official language of 20 countries. The total number of native Spanish speakers stands to be 450 million making it the second most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin. Spanish is not only the romance language which is smooth and classy but it is also easy to learn and with so many Spanish speakers and Spanish speaking countries there are benefits of learning Spanish as a second language.
 

If you are someone who has a niche for travelling or your job requires you to travel quite often then definitely you will be having many of these Latin American countries on our bucket list. In that case learning Spanish will help you to a great extent. With 450 million Spanish speakers as their native language there is an addition 75 million speaker who has learnt Spanish as their second language, which makes a lot of people to communicate.

You can also opt for a job any Latin American country if you know Spanish apart from English. Also knowing Spanish can help you get a job in Translation Sector. Translation companies are growing day by day as all other business sectors need translation services at some point or the other. Be it for advertisement purpose or localization of their products and services, translation is a must for these businesses to run smoothly. Even if you do not want to work for translation companies you can always go for being a freelance translator.

So if you are still thinking whether to learn Spanish or not then don’t, just go for it!

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