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
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Spain
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
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
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
French Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Bayanit bash
Please
Por Favor
Bê zehmet
I Love You
Te Quiero
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Mexico
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Cuba
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Eastern Iraq
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Not Available
French Name
espagnol; castillan
kurde
German Name
Spanisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Kurds
Origin
210 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Not Available
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
kurd1259
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available