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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
163.00 million
  
11
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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