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, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Spain
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
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, Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
triste
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
adiós
  
bye
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
210 BC
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
kaza1248
  
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
  
Agglutinative