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
  
Japan
  
National Language
Spain
  
Japan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
triste
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
adiós
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Not Available
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
japonais
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic