Countries
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
Total No. Of Countries
46
Rank: 1 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Spain
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
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
French Language
Derived From
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
27
Rank: 9 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
22
Rank: 12 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
hola
Thank You
Gracias
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Please
Por Favor
Sorry
triste
Bye
adiós
I Love You
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Mexico
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
Rank: 5 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Cuba
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
Rank: 8 (Overall)
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
6.15 %
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
410.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Español
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Not Available
History
Origin
210 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
es
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
spa
ISO 639 2/B
spa
ISO 639 3
spa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic