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
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Spain
Austria
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
French Language
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Latin
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
kako si
Good Night
Buenas Noches
laku noć
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
dobar dan
Good Morning
Buenos Días
dobro jutro
I Love You
Te Quiero
Volim te
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Mexico
Croatia
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Cuba
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
Español
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Hrvatski
French Name
espagnol; castillan
croate
German Name
Spanisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Croats
Origin
210 BC
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
croa1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic