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
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Spain
  
France, Spain
  
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
  
Asia, Europe
  
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
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Egun on
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
triste
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
adiós
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
basque
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Basque people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative