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
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Spain
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
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
  
Zambia
  
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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hola
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
triste
  
pepani
  
Bye
adiós
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available