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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   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
7   
8

National Language
Spain   
Germany   

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   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Council for German Orthography   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
22   
12
9   
1

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hola   
hallo   

Thank You
Gracias   
Danke   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
guten Morgen   

Please
Por Favor   
bitte   

Sorry
triste   
Verzeihung   

Bye
adiós   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Español   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
allemand   

German Name
Spanisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Germans   

History

Origin
210 BC   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
2   
2
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
ger   

ISO 639 3
spa   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
stan1288   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Spanish and German Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and German language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Spanish vs German Difficulty

The Spanish vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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