Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
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
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-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
Halo
  
hola
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Prosim
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
triste
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Not available
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
slovène
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
972-1093
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Slovene
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic