The spanish language Spanish is spoken by about 300 million persons in the world. It is thus worth noticing that speaking Spanish can open up a huge number of doors. It is a latin language which means that it has the same roots as Italian, Catalan, Rumanian, Occitan and French.
Closest language is, by far, Portuguese.
Catalan, French and Italian are of course close to Spanish. Pronunciation Spanish pronunciation is quite different from the English one, but it is not difficult. Note that the pronunciation table given below is not perfectly exact. It is worth listening to native speakers so as to improve one's pronunciation. When Spain's Spanish and Latin America's Spanish differ, I give below both pronunciation.