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
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Spain
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
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
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
triste
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
adiós
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
210 BC
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic