Spanish
Spanish, also called Castilian is a language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native-speakers across the world.
Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts which show traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, then capital of the Kingdom of Castile, in the 13th century. Beginning in the early 16th century, Spanish was taken to the colonies of the Spanish Empire, most notably to the Americas, as well as territories in Africa, Oceania and the Philippines.
It is estimated that more than 427 million people speak Spanish as a native language, which qualifies it as second on the lists of languages by number of native speakers.
Spanish is the official or national language in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, and 19 countries in the Americas. Speakers in the Americas total some 418 million. In the European Union, Spanish is the mother tongue of 8% of the population, with an additional 7% speaking it as a second language. Spanish is the most popular second language learned in the United States.
Spanish Speaking Doctors, GPs and Specialists.
Top 20 suburbs where this language is spoken at home
| Suburb | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bossley Park | 498 | 497 | 995 |
| Fairfield (NSW) | 359 | 399 | 758 |
| Hinchinbrook (NSW) | 301 | 336 | 637 |
| Green Valley (NSW) | 300 | 326 | 626 |
| Liverpool | 295 | 301 | 596 |
| Fairfield West | 274 | 296 | 570 |
| Smithfield (NSW) | 256 | 307 | 563 |
| St Albans (Vic.) | 259 | 297 | 556 |
| Narre Warren South | 237 | 283 | 520 |
| Maroubra | 222 | 280 | 502 |
| Prestons | 223 | 251 | 474 |
| Wetherill Park | 236 | 238 | 474 |
| Caroline Springs | 207 | 255 | 462 |
| Hampton Park | 233 | 226 | 459 |
| Hoppers Crossing | 194 | 213 | 407 |
| Edensor Park | 196 | 210 | 406 |
| Endeavour Hills | 182 | 218 | 400 |
| West Hoxton | 188 | 207 | 395 |
| Casula | 180 | 208 | 388 |
| Deer Park | 181 | 207 | 388 |
