| |
| | Spanish language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | From the 16th century on, the language was brought to the Americas, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marianas, Palau and the Philippines by Spanish colonization. |
 | | Spanish ceased to be an official language of the Philippines in 1987, and it is now spoken by less than 0.01% of the population, or 2,658 people (1990 Census), though recently there seems to have been a resurgence in interest in the language among educated youth. |
 | | The sole existing Spanish-Asiatic creole language, Chabacano, is spoken by an additional 0.4% of the Filipino population; 292,630 (1990 census). |
| en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_language (3999 words) |
|