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The presence of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea dates from the late 18th century, and it was adopted as the official language when independence was granted in 1968. Spanish is widely spoken in Western Sahara, which was a protectorate/colony of Spain from the 1880s to the 1970s.
The song became the 34th song in history to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and became the Jonas Brothers' first number one single on the chart. [10] Their fifth studio album, Happiness Begins, was released on June 7, 2019, topping the US Billboard 200. [11]
Influence on the languages of the Philippines. There are approximately 4,000 Spanish loan words in Tagalog (between 20% and 33% of Tagalog words), [ 70] and around 6,000 Spanish words in Visayan and other Philippine languages. The Spanish counting system, calendar, time, etc. are still in use with slight modifications.
The marvelous outing was the latest in an especially excellent run of pitching from the 28-year-old righty. Two of Cease’s one-hit masterpieces came in the two starts leading up to his no-hitter ...
The company reported an adjusted loss per share of $4.07, compared to a loss of $0.51 in the year-earlier period and below consensus estimates for a loss of $0.21, due to the impairment charge.
Over 42 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home. [ 1 ] Spanish is also the most learned language other than English, [ 3 ] with about 8 million students. Estimates count up to 57 million native speakers, heritage language speakers, and second-language speakers. [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] There is an Academy of the Spanish Language located ...
In Castilian Spanish, its allophones in word-initial position include the palatal approximant [j], the palatal fricative [ʝ], the palatal affricate [ɟʝ] and the palatal stop [ɟ]. [8] After a pause, a nasal, or a lateral, it may be realized as an affricate (); [9] [10] in other contexts, /ʝ/ is generally realized as an approximant .
Spanish ( español) or Castilian ( castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 600 million when including second language ...