Learn Spanish

Learn Spanish

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Contents

Language note Alphabet Pronunciation Guide Stress & Accent Marks Basic Phrases Greetings Numbers Vocabulary Grammar basics False Friends Spanish - English Dictionary English - Spanish Dictionary Food Glossary

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Español - Language note

Spanish is the third most popular language of the world. It belongs to the Ibero-Romance family of languages and is most closely related to Catalan, Galician and Portuguese. There are around 40 million Spanish speakers within Spain and many more in other countries (see below). Spanish is the official language in Spain, including the Balearic and Canary Islands and the Northern African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. There are Spanish-speaking communities in the UK, France and Germany. It is one of the official languages of the European Union and of the United Nations.

Spanish uses the Latin alphabet and the acute accent on vowels to indicate stressed syllables. Ñ and ñ are exclusive to Spanish and represent a single letter and not a modification of n. It's also the only language to use the opening question and exclamation marks ¿ ¡

Country - Number of Spanish Speakers: Mexico - 91 million Colombia - 41.9 million Argentina - 35.6 million Spain - 39.9 million Venezuela - 23.3 million USA - 20.7 million Peru - 20.4 million Chile - 13.6 million Ecuador - 11.8 million Dominican Republic - 8.2 million

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The Alphabet

The Spanish alphabet consists of 29 letters:

a, b, c, ch, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z

Below you can see the capital letters along with name of each letter and one word starting with that letter.

A: a B: be C: ce CH: che D: de E: e...