Countries
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
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Spain
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
French Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Buenas Noches
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Buenos Días
صباح الخير
I Love You
Te Quiero
أحبك
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Mexico
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Cuba
Sudan
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Levantine
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
Español
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
espagnol; castillan
arabe
German Name
Spanisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Arabs
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
arab1395
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic