What language do they speak?

¡Hola! My kids and I are making an attempt to learn Spanish. We have this fun activity based curriculum by Living Language. Last year we worked through a simple Latin sticker book by Usborne. And, we’ve been learning more about India as a family, since that is the focus country for our church’s Christmas offering. As a result, our kids are becoming more aware of foreign language, which is wonderful.

Today, my son Blake asked if we could play a game where we take turns naming a country and the other person guesses what language they speak. "Great idea!" I said. "Let’s do it." He went first, "Brazil?" I said "Spanish", but quickly corrected myself when I remembered that Portuguese is the official language. Then it was my turn, "What about France?" I asked, thinking this to be way too easy for my son. I studied French all of junior high, high school and half of college and consequently have spoken many phrases to my kids. Blake said, "Hmm. That’s where Paris is and so hummm, Paradise? Oh, no, that’s the name for heaven. I don’t know, Mommy." Without laughing too much out loud I said, "French!" Blake looked at me and said, "Oh, yeah. Wow, that was a hard one." The game sort of ended there. Probably was a good thing since neither of us were fairing too well.

Here is what wikipedia says about the Spanish language:
[Spanish is the second most common language in the United States after English. There are more Spanish speakers in the United States than speakers of French, Hawaiian, and the Native American Languages combined. According to the 2000 United States Census, Spanish is spoken most frequently at home by about 28.1 million people aged 5 or over. The United States is home to more than 40 million Hispanics, making it the fifth largest Spanish-speaking community in the world, after Mexico, Columbia, Spain and Argentina. Roughly half of all Spanish speakers in the US also speak English "very well."]

So far we’ve learned the rooms of our house and furniture. Next we’ll learn weather phrases. I already knew the alphabet, colors and greetings from the six weeks of Spanish I took in junior high. And, thankfully there are many words with Latin roots that are similar to French. So, long live Español!
¡Adiós!