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
Japan
National Language
Spain
Japan
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
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Palau
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
French Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
hola
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Gracias
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Buenas Noches
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Buenos Días
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Por Favor
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
triste
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
adiós
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Te Quiero
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Mexico
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Hakata
Where They Speak
Cuba
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Kansai
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Not Available
French Name
espagnol; castillan
japonais
German Name
Spanisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Japanese
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
nucl1643
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic