With so many Spanish speakers in the United States, it is easy to see how useful it would be to learn the language. Learning Spanish takes years of discipline, but comes with extraordinary benefits such as being able to communicate while abroad, and using the language professionally in the business world.
Here are some interesting facts about the Hispanic culture! 1. With 329 million native speakers, Spanish ranks as the world's No. 2 language in terms of how many people speak it as their first language. It is slightly ahead of English (328 million) but behind Chinese (1.2 billion). 2. St. Augustine, Florida, and Sante Fe, New Mexico were Hispanic cities founded before Plymouth, Massachusetts. 3. The first modern novel ever was written by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra in 1605 titled "Don Quixote." 4. Spaniards usually eat dinner at 10PM, and have a "siesta" break in the middle of the day. 5. Generally people have two last names in Spanish speaking countries, their father's last name and secondly their mother's last name.