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
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Spain
  
Bhutan
  
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
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
India
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hola
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Not Available
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
triste
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
adiós
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
Español
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available