{"id":64057,"date":"2026-01-18T06:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?page_id=64057"},"modified":"2026-01-18T07:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:15:51","slug":"learn-spanish-the-wlbott-way","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?page_id=64057","title":{"rendered":"Learn Spanish the WLBOTT Way!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spanish is a beautiful, melodic, expressive and emotional language. It is the second most spoken language in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G<\/strong> gives us some quick facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistic<\/th>Approximate Number<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Spanish speakers in the U.S. (at home)<\/td>~45 million (Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
Spanish speakers in the U.S. (broader)<\/td>~59 million (Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
U.S. language ranking<\/td>2nd most common (Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
Mexico total population<\/td>~132 million (Bankinter<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
Spanish native speakers worldwide<\/td>~495 \u2013 500 million (CVC Cervantes<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
Spanish speakers worldwide (total)<\/td>~595 \u2013 600+ million (Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
Spanish global rank (native)<\/td>#2 after Mandarin (cervantesobservatorio.fas.harvard.edu<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The WLBOTT Way<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among our Founding Elders<\/strong>, five are fluent Spanish speakers (we’re including Elder G<\/strong> here!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are just beginning our journey here, so please bear with!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a1Prometemos un viaje divertido y emocionante!
We promise a fun and exciting journey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spanish is a beautiful, melodic, expressive and emotional language. It is the second most spoken language in America. Elder G gives us some quick facts: Statistic Approximate Number Spanish speakers in the U.S. (at home) ~45 million (Wikipedia) Spanish speakers in the U.S. (broader) ~59 million (Wikipedia) U.S. language ranking 2nd most common (Wikipedia) Mexico […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64057","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64057"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64066,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64057\/revisions\/64066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}