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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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

3346
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Spain

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
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, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

South Africa
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

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Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
French Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2122
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
hola

Thank You

Thank you
Gracias

How Are You?

How are you?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Good Night
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Good Evening
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Good Morning
Buenos Días

Please

Please
Por Favor

Sorry

Sorry
triste

Bye

Bye
adiós

I Love You

I love you
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

United States of America
Mexico

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Cuba

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18821
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Español

Alternative Names

English
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

anglais
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Englisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

English people
Spanish people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Standard English
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

32
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
spa

ISO 639 2/B

eng
spa

ISO 639 3

eng
spa

ISO 639 6

engs
spa

Glottocode

stan1293
stan1288

Linguasphere

52-ABA
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

English and Spanish Alphabets

English and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Spanish. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn English and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Spanish languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Spanish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Spanish dialects. Various dialects of English and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Spanish Speaking population

English and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of English and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Spanish on English vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Spanish Language Codes

English and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.