Spanish is often framed as both essential and deeply rooted in Miami, a necessity to “get by” living in the 305. In certain ways, it is. In other ways it is not, says FIU sociolinguist Phillip Carter.

When Spanish meets English, new dialects emerge – giving us real-time insight into language evolution, linguists say. "Vamos de punches punches punches", Yamilet Muñoz texted her friends in Austin, ...

While two-thirds of U.S. Latinos say they can read a newspaper or book in Spanish at least pretty well, just 21% say they mostly consume news in Spanish. Just over half of Hispanics (54%) report ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Isaac Mizrahi writes about multicultural marketing and business. Over the past few months, several industry colleagues have asked ...

The Spanish language has slowly grown in prominence among non-Spanish speaking cultures and that influence has been clear in the music industry. Several songs topping today's charts incorporate a ...