22 million individuals-speaks Spanish (Grimes, 1996). The

population of Hispanics/Latinos is predicted to increase to 51 million individuals by the year 2025 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1995). Many of these individuals will be native Spanish speak-ers who will be acquiring English. More than likely, their pro-duction of the English phonological system will be influenced by their pronunciation of Spanish (and vice versa in some cases). This article provides information on the transcription of Span-ish, common dialects of Spanish, Spanish-influenced English, and English-influenced Spanish. Spanish is the third most commonly spoken language in the world, with approximately 266 million speakers (Grimes, 1996). In the United States alone, there are approximately 22 million Spanish speakers (almost 9 % of the population), more than 3 million of whom are younger than age 5 (Grimes, 1996). It is predicted that by the year 2025, more than 51 million individuals of Hispanic/Latino descent will reside in the United States (an increase to 15.7 % of the U.S. population), 5 million of whom will be younger than age 5 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1995). It is clear that the number of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who speak a language other than English is not sufficient to serve Spanish speakers in the United States. Petrosino, Lieberman, McNeil, and Shinn (1999) reported that the number of students graduat-ing from master’s and doctoral communication sciences and disorders programs in the United States who speak a language other than English is quite small. In the 1997-1998 academic year, only 915 of 10,750 graduates spoke a language other than English. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Asso-ciation (ASHA; 1999) noted that at the end of 1998, 2.3 % of its 97,000 members were Hispanic/Latino, certainly not all of whom speak Spanish. Thus, the majority of SLPs serving Spanish speakers will not likely be Spanish speakers them-selves, and may not be familiar with the Spanish phonological system, the influence of Spanish on English (i.e., Spanish-influenced English), or the influence of English on Spanish (i.e., English-influenced Spanish). This article provides infor-mation on the transcription of Spanish, common dialects o