The future of Spanish language in USA

"Spanish is important in the Americas, but in most parts of Africa, Asia, and Oceania it's not important at all.

In many regions of the old world French is much more important than Spanish." .


No. There is only a whole area where French is important and Spanish not: Africa.

Spanish is important in North America, Latin America and European Union. French is important in Canada, Africa and European Union. In Asia-Pacific, both are spoken by minorities.

However, the problem of French is that is 5th most spoken in Africa (after Arabic, English, Swahili and Hausa) and 4th in Europe (after Russian, English and German).

In a fast comparative, with the 2 most spoken languages in a whole area, Spanish is important in two of them. French nowhere.

North America: English, Spanish

Latin America: Spanish, Portuguese

Europe: English, Russian

Africa: Arabic, English

Asia-Pacific: Chinese, Hindi.

Spanish is spoken by inmigrants, but it's not only a language of inmigrants. Spanish has been spoken in US since the XVI century. It was the main language in New Mexico until the XX century for example. Face it, Spanish was, is and will always be part of the US culture. English only project is an utopia.

-In Asia-Pacific, both are spoken by minorities. -

So not true. French is spoken in Nova Caledonia, and all across Polynesia.
Spanish is spoken only in Chilean Island of Rapa Nui.

Yes. Asia-Pacific is a big area of 4 billion people.

French is spoken in this area in Indochina by minorities, Liban by minorities, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, etc. It is spoken by 3-4 million people. It is a minority language in Asia-Pacific.

Spanish is spoken in this area in Philippines by minorities, Israel by minorities, Guam, Rapa Nui, Australia by minorities, etc. It is spoken by 3-4 million people in Asia-Pacific. It is a minority language in Asia-Pacific.