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German and Spanish


Countries

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  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
7  
8

National Language
Spain  
Germany  

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  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
22  
12
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
hola  
hallo  

Thank You
Gracias  
Danke  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
guten Morgen  

Please
Por Favor  
bitte  

Sorry
triste  
Verzeihung  

Bye
adiós  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Español  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
allemand  

German Name
Spanisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Germans  

History

Origin
210 BC  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
2  
2
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
ger  

ISO 639 3
spa  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
stan1288  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Spanish and German Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Spanish and German dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and German Speaking population

Spanish and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and German languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Spanish and German on Spanish vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and German Language Codes

Spanish and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Spanish and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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