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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  
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  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
33  
2

National Language
Spain  
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  

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  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

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

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

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

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Hello  

Thank You
Gracias  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Good Morning  

Please
Por Favor  
Please  

Sorry
triste  
Sorry  

Bye
adiós  
Bye  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
American English  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Español  
English  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
English  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
anglais  

German Name
Spanisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
English people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Standard English  

Language Position
2  
2
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
eng  

ISO 639 3
spa  
eng  

ISO 639 6
spa  
engs  

Glottocode
stan1288  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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All Spanish and English 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 Spanish and English dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and English Speaking population

Spanish and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and English languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 Spanish and English on Spanish vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and English Language Codes

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

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