Spanish language is growing.

KC   Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:33 pm GMT
Between 1980-2040 the world´s Spanish-speaking population will increase a 103 %, as UNO estimations indicate. 538 million people will have Spanish as first language.. And, they say, the number is growing, despite the global reach of English.

http://www.free-news-release.com/Spanish-Language--World--180-s--2nd-Fastest-Growing-Language---Are-you-studyng-it---Detail_5850.html
Not at all   Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:34 pm GMT
The education system in most ex-Spanish colonies is turning more and more towards English, and in the case of Dominican Republic, French also. The majority of parents now will want their children to focus on English, not Spanish.

Ultimately many may learn Spanish also, as they feel it makes them more competative, but I think it's pretty certain that such people will be putting more effort into English and will ultimately speak English to a higher level.

There may be quite a few Spanish speakers now, but many of them only speak it to a basic level. Wikipedia claims there are 500+ million first and second language speakers, but I suspect there are only 200 million that are actually fluent.
James of Missouri   Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:59 pm GMT
It's unlikely that spanish will really grow much stronger as many amerindian languages are gaining importance, in latin america, and portuguese in the south.
inquiry   Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:01 pm GMT
Perhaps Castilia will change spelling rules of Spanish language according to changes in Hispanic American Spanish,like Portugal will change Portuguese spelling rules according to Brazilian Portuguese?
Vespucian   Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:02 pm GMT
They are changing a lot!

Half of them are hindus and indics or blacks!
roman   Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:55 pm GMT
! latino (Roma) vincit!