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
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Spain
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
triste
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
adiós
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Not Available
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
mongol
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available