How many people do not speak Spanish that are Hispanic or Latino?

I have the same problem. I used to live in Colombia until i was 11 but then after that i moved with my parents to the Philippines and lived there for 6 years, and I'm starting to forget Spanish and it is really embarrassing. And now that i moved to Japan to study I'm afraid i might forget English and Tagalog. good luck.

I am Mexican and do not speak ANY Spanish. I understand the basic "hola" and "adios", but nothing much beyond that. People have said the craziest things to me, such as, "If you're Mexican, why don't you speak Spanish?!" I go ahead and tell them how it was three great-grandparents that came from Mexico and settled in San Francisco (the other was born here). It does get frustrating. I don't like being expected to speak Spanish, and I definitely don't like being looked down to when I say I don't. I only feel bad when people are looking for a translator and I can't come through.

I'm Chinese, but since I was born and raised in Peru, I can only understand a little Cantonese. I'm pretty fluent in Spanish and English though :P

Portugueses and Brazilians don't speak Spanish. In latin America there are many regions where people only speak indian languages.

First hi!! Well I'm Half Puerto Rican and half black but I speak spanish and english!! There is so many people out there that are Latinos and don't speak spanish. In some way I think that's wrong because you should atleast know most of the language. Well I have older brothers and sisters and they were also raised and born in here. They speak both languages fluently. My dad would make them speak spanish in the house and english when they were at school. That's how they learned. I learned my english in 8 months and I still speak spanish but I practice my english at home even though part of my family speaks spanish. We all are Puerto Rican. Well good luck hope it helps!

I'm half Hispanic & half white. My dad can speak Spanish fluently & so can all of my relatives on his side of the family. I don't know Spanish. I can't speak it, nor understand it. I get the same sort of reaction from people that you do. In fact just two days ago I was told by another Hispanic that me not being able to speak Spanish "was just wrong" and that I shouldn't change who I am for other people. I didn't change, considering I didn't know Spanish to begin with, but I don't see how it's wrong not to know that language. If I have to know Spanish because I'm Hispanic, then shouldn't I follow along with all other customs? I don't understand the reasoning behind it all.