STUDY: AMERICANS TO SPEAK MORE SPANISH, LATINOS NOT SO MUCH

More non-Hispanics are learning Spanish at the same time that Hispanic immigrants lose their language, especially the children.  - - Donna Poisl

By Krystin Arneson

Turns out anti-immigration paranoids were right all along: Americans will be speaking more Spanish in coming years. But, there's a twist: A new Pew study shows that more of these Spanish-speakers won't be Latinos themselves.

Spanish is already the most commonly-spoken non-English language in America, and projections show that the number of Spanish-speakers is going to hit 40 million by 2020.

"This reflects Hispanic population growth and a large number of non-Hispanics who will also speak Spanish," said Mark Hugo Lopez, director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center.
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