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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

Total No. Of Countries

46
Rank: 1 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Spain

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

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

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.

Similar To

French Language

Derived From

Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

27
Rank: 9 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

22
Rank: 12 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola

Thank You

Gracias

How Are You?

Cómo estás?

Good Night

Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Buenos Días

Please

Por Favor

Sorry

triste

Bye

adiós

I Love You

Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Mexico

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Cuba

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00
Rank: 35 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.00
Rank: 41 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

espagnol; castillan

German Name

Spanisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Spanish people

History

Origin

210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa

ISO 639 2/B

spa

ISO 639 3

spa

ISO 639 6

spa

Glottocode

stan1288

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of Spanish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Spanish language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Spanish language states that it was put to use in 210 BC. The history of Spanish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Spanish Language History.The evolution of Spanish language began with early forms such as Old Spanish and Spanish. Pluricentric Standard Spanish is the standard form of Spanish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Spanish Language.

Spanish population

Spanish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Spanish language. Spanish language is spoken by 489.00 million people in the world. Most of the Spanish population lies in the Spanish Speaking Countries. Spanish language is spoken as first language by 410.00 million people and as second language by about 89.50 million people. Get to know Spanish speaking population in detail.

Spanish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Spanish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Spanish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Spanish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Spanish language

Check out all the information about Spanish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Spanish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Spanish Speaking Countries, Spanish speaking continents and Spanish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Spanish countries knowing common Spanish Greetings will help you in communicating with Spanish people.