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
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 in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Te Quiero
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Mexico
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Cuba
Germany
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Texas German
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Texas
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
Origin
210 BC
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
stan1288
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic