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
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Spain
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
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
  
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.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Por Favor
  
gafare
  
Sorry
triste
  
gafare
  
Bye
adiós
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Not Available
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
moré
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Mossi
  
Origin
210 BC
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
moss1236
  
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