Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Abkhazia
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Latin
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2762
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2360
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Gràcies
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Bona nit
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Bona nit
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Bon dia
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Sisplau
амритана
Sorry
Perdó!
Амарахь
Bye
Adéu
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
T'estimo
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Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Caló
Bzyb
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
440,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Spain
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Sadz
Where They Speak
Spain
Turkey
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
catalan; valencien
abkhaze
German Name
Katalanisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Abkhaz people
Origin
c. 1028
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Abkhaz
Language Position
3228
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
abk
ISO 639 2/B
cat
abk
ISO 639 3
cat
abk
ISO 639 6
cat
abks
Glottocode
stan1289
abkh1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative