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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
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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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