Spanish Language Characteristics. Before starting any translation project, you should be aware of certain linguistic realities of the Spanish language. This will help you deal with some issues that will arise (e.g., text expansion) and may affect your Spanish translation project. read more
The other posters go into sound changes from Latin or the history and spread of Spanish and some influences on the Spanish lexicon (Arabic vocabulary being the most obvious). read more
Spanish is the most widely spoken of the Romance languages, both in terms of number of speakers and the number of countries in which it is the dominant language. read more