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
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
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
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
triste
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
adiós
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Español
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
marathe
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available