GEOG 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Religion In Spain, Pentecostalism
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What are two of the more important cultural legacies of iberia (portugal and spain) in latin. The two more important cultural legacies of iberia (portugal and spain) in latin america are language and religion. These legacies are a huge part of many cultures. The two main languages spoken in iberia are spanish and portuguese. Spanish being more popular, spoken by two-thirds of latin america and portuguese spoken by one-third. Spanish and portuguese were not the indigenous languages of iberia however. Overtime these two languages had become more dominant. Many of the indigenous languages only have less than 10,000 speakers left, due to the domination of spanish and portuguese. The roman catholic faith is prevalent throughout latin america and there are multiple churches in every major city. In some countries, for example in el salvador, brazil, and uruguay many of their population take part in. However, catholic continues to be the core religion of the region (rowntree,
