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
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Spain
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
triste
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
adiós
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
slovène
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
210 BC
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional