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
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Spain
  
East Asia, European Union
  
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
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
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
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
triste
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
adiós
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Español
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1887
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative