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Countries

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   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
32   
3

National Language
Spain   
France   

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   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
22   
12
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hola   
bonjour   

Thank You
Gracias   
Merci   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Bonjour   

Please
Por Favor   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
triste   
désolé   

Bye
adiós   
au revoir   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
African French   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Africa   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
Español   
français   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Français   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
français   

German Name
Spanisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
210 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Standard French   

Language Position
2   
2
13   
12

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
fre   

ISO 639 3
spa   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
stan1288   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Spanish and French Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and French language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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Spanish and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and French language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs French Difficulty

The Spanish vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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