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
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Spain
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
French Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Buenos Días
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Te Quiero
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Mexico
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Cuba
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
فارسی
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
espagnol; castillan
persan
German Name
Spanisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Persian people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
fars1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic