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
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Spain
  
Austria
  
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, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
bok
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
kako si
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
Por Favor
  
molim
  
Sorry
triste
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
adiós
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
Español
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
croate
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Croats
  
Origin
210 BC
  
9th century
  
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
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic