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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
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

463
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

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
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

French Language
Armenian

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2217
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Gracias
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Buenos Días
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Por Favor
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

triste
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

adiós
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Te Quiero
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Mexico
Greece

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Griko

Where They Speak

Cuba
Italy

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2125
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

espagnol; castillan
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Spanisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

210 BC
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Modern Greek

Language Position

274
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
ell

ISO 639 2/B

spa
gre

ISO 639 3

spa
ell

ISO 639 6

spa
ells

Glottocode

stan1288
gree1276

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Spanish and Greek Alphabets

Spanish and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Greek. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Spanish and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Greek languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Spanish and Greek Speaking population

Spanish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Spanish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Greek Language Codes

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