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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
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
4633
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Spain
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
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
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
French Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2726
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
55
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2221
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
67
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks6 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hola
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Gracias
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
Cómo estás?
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
Buenas Noches
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Buenos Días
Good Morning
3.8 Please
Por Favor
Please
3.9 Sorry
triste
Sorry
3.10 Bye
adiós
Bye
3.11 I Love You
Te Quiero
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Mexico
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00225,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Cuba
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
11,000,000.004,500,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,900,000.002,500,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
21188
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
489.00 million1,200.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
6.15 %5.43 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
410.00 million400.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
89.50 million400.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Español
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
espagnol; castillan
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Spanisch
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
210 BC
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
23
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
es
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
spa
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
spa
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
spa
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
stan1288
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
52-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Spanish vs English Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Spanish vs English speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Spanish or English language.

  • Spanish is spoken as a national language in: Spain.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

You will also get to know the continents where Spanish and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Spanish language is 2 and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Spanish and English.

Spanish and English Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and English language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and English Language History.

Spanish and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and English language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs English Difficulty

The Spanish vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.