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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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