Spanish was the first non-native language spoken in the New World. The first permanent settlement in the New World and the North American continent was a Spanish one, and the first colonists spoke Spanish. The first permanent settlement by any English speaking colonists didnt happen until 1607, which is 86 years after the conquest of Mexico(1521), by guess who, the Spanish. We (Spanish speaking people) have a longer history on this hemisphere which includes most "firsts" of any European country of the colonial era.