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Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
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
7  
8
46  
1

National Language
Germany  
Spain  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
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
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

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

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
hola  

Thank You
Danke  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Buenos Días  

Please
bitte  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
triste  

Bye
Tschüs  
adiós  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Deutsch  
Español  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
allemand  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Deutsch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
9  
9
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
spa  

ISO 639 3
deu  
spa  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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German and Spanish Language History

Comparison of German vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of German and Spanish language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Spanish Language History.

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German 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 German and Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Spanish language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common German Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

German vs Spanish Difficulty

The German vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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