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
  
National Language
Spain
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Chike
  
Sorry
triste
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
adiós
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
konkani
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available