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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
46
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Spain
1.4 Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
1.9 Similar To
French Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
27
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
22
Rank: 12 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hola
3.2 Thank You
Gracias
3.3 How Are You?
Cómo estás?
3.4 Good Night
Buenas Noches
3.5 Good Evening
Bonne soirée
3.6 Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
3.7 Good Morning
Buenos Días
3.8 Please
Por Favor
3.9 Sorry
triste
3.10 Bye
adiós
3.11 I Love You
Te Quiero
3.12 Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Mexico
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
105,000,000.00
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Cuba
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
11,000,000.00
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
3,900,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
489.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
6.15 %
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
410.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
89.50 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Español
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
5.3.4 French Name
espagnol; castillan
5.3.5 German Name
Spanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
210 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
es
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
spa
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
spa
7.3 ISO 639 3
spa
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1288
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of Spanish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Spanish language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Spanish language states that it was put to use in 210 BC. The history of Spanish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Spanish Language History.The evolution of Spanish language began with early forms such as Old Spanish and Spanish. Pluricentric Standard Spanish is the standard form of Spanish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Spanish Language.

Spanish population

Spanish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Spanish language. Spanish language is spoken by 489.00 million people in the world. Most of the Spanish population lies in the Spanish Speaking Countries. Spanish language is spoken as first language by 410.00 million people and as second language by about 89.50 million people. Get to know Spanish speaking population in detail.

Spanish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Spanish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Spanish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Spanish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Spanish language

Check out all the information about Spanish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Spanish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Spanish Speaking Countries, Spanish speaking continents and Spanish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Spanish countries knowing common Spanish Greetings will help you in communicating with Spanish people.

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