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Spanish

GENERAL INFORMATION

 Number of speakers: More than 405 million speakers worldwide; 37 million speakers

above the age of 5 in the United States (U.S. Census, 2010)

 Writing system: Roman script, 27 letters and 3 digraphs (“ch,” “ll,” and “rr”)

 Language Family: Indo‐European—Italic—Romance

 Official language in: Spain, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala,

Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Equatorial

Guinea, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic

DEVELOPMENTAL NORMS FOR SPEECH

Age Sounds
3 /m, b, p/
4 /k, l, w, y, t, f, n/

5 /r, g, d, ɲ, ʧ/
6 /x, s/
76
7 /r/ 76
Note: This information is based on the age at which 90% mastery is expected.
(Acevedo, 1992; Jimenez, 1987)

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