A Latin-based language which has been influenced by a number of factors
Spanish (español) is a language belonging to the Romance language group of the Indo-European family. It is a native language for about 460 million people; it is spoken by almost 540 million people, which makes it the fourth most widely spoken language in the world after Chinese, English and Hindi and the second most spoken language by number of native speakers. Spanish is one of the main international languages, alongside with English and French.
