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
  
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 in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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