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
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Spain
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
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
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
triste
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
adiós
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic