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Languages spoken in Puerto Rico

by Juan Figueroa

 

Spanish is the main language spoken in Puerto Rico followed by English. In Puerto Rico 90% of the population speak Spanish all the time unless they don't have any other choice. Every school in Puerto Rico teaches you both, Spanish and English but they focus more on Spanish and teach you English as a second language.

 

So feel free to plan a trip to Puerto Rico because once you get there if you need to communicate you won't have any problem since in San Juan and most of the areas close to the tourist areas people are bilingual. If you go to a non-tourist place even if they don't talk back to you, if you talk to them slowly they will understand you and they will be able to help you.

 

There are some privates Schools in Puerto Rico that teach English only, but this is a small percentage of schools compared with all the schools in Puerto Rico.

 

Some Colleges in Puerto Rico teach French too and some other languages as extra credits for your degree. But most of the small towns and cities focus everything on the Spanish language. The thing with the Puerto Ricans is that they are a little bit shy and even if they know English the refuse to speak unless they don't have any other choice. I include myself on that group because I'm Puerto Rican also known as Boricua, and I refused to speak English or practice unless I had to and now I have been living in the states for 8 years and trust me if it wasn't for the education in Puerto Rico that they teach you that include English starting in first grade it would it be really hard for me to start college.

 

The good thing is that even that boricuas speak Spanish all the time when they go to the movie theaters the movies are in English with the subtitles in Spanish. Another thing that helps too with the English Language is that if you get cable TV in Puerto Rico most of the channels are in English.

 

To finish talking about the languages spoken in Puerto Rico I want to say that don't be afraid if English is the only language that you know, because you will find Puerto Ricans in the tourist area that will speak to you in English and like I said before in this article even if is in a small town they will understand you as long as you slow your speed a little bit when you talk to them.

 

About the Author If you have any questions about me you can visit my website Nuestro Puerto Rico .  

 

 

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