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
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Spain
China, Taiwan
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
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
French Language
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Gracias
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Buenas Noches
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Buenos Días
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Por Favor
请 (Qǐng)
I Love You
Te Quiero
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Mexico
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Wu
Where They Speak
Cuba
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Yue
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
Español
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
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French Name
espagnol; castillan
chinois
German Name
Spanisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Han
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1288
sini1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating