The International Congress of the Spanish Language, to be held next week in Córdoba (Argentina), will analyze the challenges facing our language in a digital society.

Next week in Córdoba, Argentina, will see the 8th International Congress of the Spanish Language, where, as always, linguistics experts, writers, academics, intellectuals and scholars will analyze the current state of affairs, problems and challenges facing Spanish. To mark the occasion, Babelia is dedicating its next cover to the Spanish language, particularly focusing on its influence on the Internet and social networks. “Spanish today is the third most common language on the web, after English and Chinese. But, does the quality match the quantity? Let’s look at the figures before delving deeper: of the nearly 4 billion Internet users in the world, 8.1% operate mainly in Spanish. In growth terms, there has been a 1.696% growth in 17 years – from 2000 to 2017, although only one Spanish-speaking nation, Mexico, finds itself in the top 10 by volume. Spanish is the second most used language on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, far ahead of French and Portuguese. For Wikipedia entries, although it holds second place for number of queries”, writes Jesús Ruiz Mantilla in the extensive report that opens the new edition of Babelia.

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