A new form of the Spanish language was born in the United States

The United States " is setting " a form of Spanish with a cultural sign itself , although still far from comparable with lexical varieties exhibiting other Spanish-speaking countries , according to experts at the Sixth Congress participaronn International Language in Panama .

Projections suggest that by 2050 the United States could become the first Spanish-speaking nation , ahead of Mexico , if migration and demographic trends continue, according to participants in the Congress, which has already completed .

The director of the Instituto Cervantes , Victor Garcia de la Concha , said in an interview with Efe in Panama City has been the progressive growth of the number of Spanish speakers , because the flood of migration, what is driving this new form of Spanish , one language , however , is still seen as a " language of migrants" in the United States.

"I actually , sociolinguists , say that you are setting a modality States ( of Spanish ) , but you are setting , yet is distinct from a configuration as fixed such as the Colombian or Mexican ," said Garcia de la Concha .

For the director of Instituto Cervantes , " we do need to consider this whole phenomenon " , but stressed that " still not yet fully as to specifically define .

Garcia de la Concha , however , noted that if anything stands out to Spanish is his " very strong unit ," which is clear from the fact that " 91% of the vocabulary used by all Spanish speakers, in any country , it is common " .

" Everything is Spanish , but Spanish varieties , some syntactic construction but lexical mainly reduced to the customs ," he said .

The president of the American Academy of the Spanish Language, Gerardo Piña Rosales , also told Efe that you can start talking about the existence of " Spanish in the United States."

This nascent form " has not so much a syntax, a structure " , but a " lexicon that responds to the cultural life of the United States," said Pina , who explains the phenomenon in a book he published with Professor Dominita Dumitrescu .

The U.S. Spanish "undoubtedly already happening " in a process that is also improving quality due to social promotion of Spanish speakers , said the president of the American Academy of the Spanish Language since 2008.

"People said , has a very wrong notion of what the Spanish in the United States, which is now the Spanish corrupted , as it somehow happened before . And for a social issue ."

"Simply put, there is a Hispanic middle class and , on the other hand, children of immigrants realize that being bilingual worth two ," said Piña Rosales.

In this process "we must take care " that the new Spanish American is being born " is as accurate as possible " , which is entirely linked to education, said Professor University of New York.

" To the extent that children , especially Hispanics, Anglos but also , have access to education , that Spanish is getting better ," he said .

In that sense, García de la Concha said the recent launch of an Observatory of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures in the United States, driven by the Cervantes Institute and Harvard University , under the sponsorship of Banco Santander.

The Observatory " will be giving us information of how you're doing " everything Hispanic in the United States, including the phenomenon of the new form of Spanish in this country .

The director of the Cervantes also referred to the social progress of the U.S. Hispanic migration , and how this can help the Spanish no longer seen as a " language of migrants " and go to be considered one of " excellence."

"As immigrants are boosting their social role grows also the consideration of the language , but if they stay true to that language " and not limited to use it " in the family " , then that Spanish will also progress , said Garcia de la Concha .

" At the time when the Spanish started now into social areas and then begin to have more extensive references , more universal , then I can acquire that language recognition of excellence ," he added .