Tag: Cervantes
Spanish Grows to 500 million Native Speakers
According to the newly-released Cervantes Institute’s 2022 yearbook Spanish in the World, the number of native Spanish speakers has risen to nearly 500 million (496.5 million—up about three million from last year) and if...
Cervantes Extends Spanish in India
The Cervantes Institute is opening its first satellite center in India in Bangalore, a city of more than eight million people which is considered India’s Silicon Valley. The extension will begin teaching Spanish courses...
Was Cervantes Catalan?
Historians with the Catalan separatist-leaning Institute Nova Història say that for centuries, Castilian Spanish leaders have ignored or downplayed the role of Catalunya in the country’s history.
Jordi Bilbeny, director of investigations at the institute...
Cervantes Sets an Example in Bucharest
Spanish government funds free or low-cost Spanish classes in Bucharest Romania for children whose parents are working in Spain
The Cervantes Institute in the Romanian capital of Bucharest has designed a free Spanish teaching program...