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
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Spain
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
French Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Gracias
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Buenas Noches
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Buenos Días
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Por Favor
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
triste
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
Te Quiero
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Mexico
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Mappila
Where They Speak
Cuba
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
espagnol; castillan
malayalam
German Name
Spanisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Malayali
Origin
210 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early form
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
mala1464
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic