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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
triste
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
adiós
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
oriya
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Odias
  
Origin
210 BC
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
macr1269
  
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