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 ...

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.