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
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Spain
  
Karnataka, India
  
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
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
triste
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
adiós
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Español
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
kannada
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
210 BC
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available