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
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Sipas
  
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
  
Sorry
triste
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
adiós
  
Be xêr çî
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
es
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available