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Countries

Countries
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  
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
33  
2
46  
1

National Language
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  
Spain  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
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, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
French Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
hola  

Thank You
Thank you  
Gracias  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Buenos Días  

Please
Please  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Sorry  
triste  

Bye
Bye  
adiós  

I Love You
I love you  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
English  
Español  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
anglais  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Englisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
3  
3
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
spa  

ISO 639 3
eng  
spa  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

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

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English and Spanish Language History

Comparison of English vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of English and Spanish language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Spanish Language History.

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English and Spanish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Spanish language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common English Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Spanish Difficulty

The English vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Spanish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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