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, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Spain
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
triste
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
adiós
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Malayali
  
Origin
210 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic