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
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Spain
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Somalia
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hola
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
triste
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
adiós
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
galla
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Oromos
  
Origin
210 BC
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
nucl1736
  
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