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1 Countries

1.1 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

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

46
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Spain

1.4 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

1.5 Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

1.6 Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

1.7 Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

1.8 Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

1.9 Similar To

French Language

1.10 Derived From

Latin

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

27
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

22
Rank: 12 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

hola

3.2 Thank You

Gracias

3.3 How Are You?

Cómo estás?

3.4 Good Night

Buenas Noches

3.5 Good Evening

Bonne soirée

3.6 Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes

3.7 Good Morning

Buenos Días

3.8 Please

Por Favor

3.9 Sorry

triste

3.10 Bye

adiós

3.11 I Love You

Te Quiero

3.12 Excuse Me

Discúlpeme

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Mexico

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

105,000,000.00
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Cuba

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Puerto Rico

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

3,900,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

489.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

6.15 %
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

410.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

89.50 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Español

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español

5.3.4 French Name

espagnol; castillan

5.3.5 German Name

Spanisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

5.5 Ethnicity

Not Available

6 History

6.1 Origin

210 BC

6.2 Language Family

Indo-European Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Romance

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish

6.3.3 Language Position

2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Signed Spanish

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

es

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

spa

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

spa

7.3 ISO 639 3

spa

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

stan1288

7.6 Linguasphere

51-AAA-b

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of Spanish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Spanish language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Spanish language states that it was put to use in 210 BC. The history of Spanish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Spanish Language History.The evolution of Spanish language began with early forms such as Old Spanish and Spanish. Pluricentric Standard Spanish is the standard form of Spanish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Spanish Language.

Spanish population

Spanish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Spanish language. Spanish language is spoken by 489.00 million people in the world. Most of the Spanish population lies in the Spanish Speaking Countries. Spanish language is spoken as first language by 410.00 million people and as second language by about 89.50 million people. Get to know Spanish speaking population in detail.

Spanish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Spanish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Spanish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Spanish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Spanish language

Check out all the information about Spanish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Spanish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Spanish Speaking Countries, Spanish speaking continents and Spanish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Spanish countries knowing common Spanish Greetings will help you in communicating with Spanish people.