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Spanish vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
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
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
India  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
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
Asia, Oceania  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Urdu  
French Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
22  
12

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
hola  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Gracias  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
Buenos Días  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
triste  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
adiós  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
3
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
हिन्दी  
Español  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
hindi  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Hindi  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
7th Century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
5  
5
2  
2

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
spa  

ISO 639 3
hin  
spa  

ISO 639 6
hins  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hind1269  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hindi and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Spanish language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Spanish Language History.

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

Hindi vs Spanish Difficulty

The Hindi vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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