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Does Spanish depend on Mexico’s rise? | ||
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| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6383 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 17 of 55 24 July 2011 at 6:09am | IP Logged | ||
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Spanish is a great choice, but languages such as German are just as valuable from a
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| tibbles Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5192 days ago 245 posts - 422 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Korean | Message 18 of 55 24 July 2011 at 9:26am | IP Logged | ||
However, it is true only at this instant in time and says nothing of the potential. I remember reading an economic prediction from about 6 months ago that by 2030, Mexico will have more job openings available than people to fill them. If other Spanish speaking nations in the Americas happen to rise similarly, then those countries grouped together would represent an economic zone that rivals the EU or the US. Edited by tibbles on 24 July 2011 at 9:27am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| nway Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/Vic Joined 5416 days ago 574 posts - 1707 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 19 of 55 24 July 2011 at 9:42am | IP Logged | ||
Yes, collectively. But he was obviously referring to individual countries. After all, this thread isn't titled, "Does Spanish depend on Hispanic America's rise?", which would just be silly... Besides, Central American collectively has a population of 42 million people. Unless it were to become the next South Korea, it's an unlikely contender for "powerhouse" status, save for perhaps if most of the rest of the world were obliterated by WWIII... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5784 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 21 of 55 24 July 2011 at 12:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Personally I don't quite understand why you only want to learn Spanish if it has an
"economic powerhouse". Surely if Latin America as a whole fulfills its economic potential (and there are signs it is starting to do just that!) Spanish will be just as useful to you as if there were one single economic "powerhouse"? They are starting to form very close links and could well end up as integrated as the EU. Actually, given that you can go almost anywhere in Latin America and do business in Spanish or Portuguese, I'd have to say MORE integrated. As for Argentina being "just a poorer version of Spain", it has lost its way a bit, it is a large country in terms of geography (though not population) and has lots of resources, and at one point not that long ago (100 years?) its economy was growing so fast that it rivaled that of the US. From a UK perspective (population 62 million) countries like Spain and Columbia (46 million and 27th and 28th in the world, respectively) are hardly small countries! Edited by Random review on 24 July 2011 at 12:46pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| nway Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/Vic Joined 5416 days ago 574 posts - 1707 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 22 of 55 24 July 2011 at 5:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, from a Irish perspective (population 4.6 million) countries like the Moldova and Mauritania (3.5 million and 131st and 132nd in the world, respectively) are hardly small countries...
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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5454 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 23 of 55 24 July 2011 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, from a Norwegian perspective (population 4.8 million) all these countries are small countries, while Spain and Colombia are not. I doubt that the Irish perspective is much different. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| nway Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/Vic Joined 5416 days ago 574 posts - 1707 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 24 of 55 24 July 2011 at 6:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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The point is, when there are 151 million people in Bangladesh, 158 million people in Nigeria, 176 million people in Pakistan, 200 million people in Uttar Pradesh (a state in India), and 237 million people in Indonesia, a country of 46 million ain't small, but it also ain't big.
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