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[1] [2] The aim of the conference is to raise awareness of the joint responsibility shared by governments, institutions, and individuals in the promotion and unity of the language, understood as the backbone of the Ibero-American community in all areas, in a dialogue with other languages that are part of its living common heritage.
The Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay are charts that rank the best-performing Latin songs in the United States and are both published weekly by Billboard magazine. . The Hot Latin Songs ranks the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country based digital downloads, streaming, and airplay from all radio stations.
Over 43.4 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home (13.7%). [1] Spanish is also the most learned language other than English, [3] with about 8 million students. Estimates count up to 58.9 million native speakers, heritage language speakers, and second-language speakers.
From the Latin songs released in 2019, "Con Calma" by Daddy Yankee and Katy Perry featuring Snow was the highest-peaking of the year, having reached number 22. "Vete" by Bad Bunny became the highest debut in the history of the Hot 100 for a completely-Spanish-language song by a solo act with no accompanying artists. [32]
The Association of Academies of the Spanish Language (Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española; ASALE) is an entity whose end is to work for the unity, integrity, and growth of the Spanish language. [2] It was created in Mexico in 1951 and represents the union of all the separate academies in the Spanish-speaking world.
[30] [6] As 2019 was the International Year of Indigenous Languages, this edition focused on language loss: it added the date when last fluent speaker of the language died, standardized the age range of language users, and improved the EGIDS estimates.
Spanish is the official, or national language in 18 countries and one territory in the Americas, Spain, and Equatorial Guinea. With a population of over 410 million, Hispanophone America accounts for the vast majority of Spanish speakers, of which Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country.
Instituto Cervantes (Spanish: [instiˈtuto θerˈβantes], the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. [2] It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature.