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
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Spain
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
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, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
Por Favor
  
thov
  
Sorry
triste
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
adiós
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Mong
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
hmong
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
firs1234
  
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