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Catalan

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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Total No. Of Countries

62
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Second Language

Spain
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana

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.
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Romanian

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2736
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2329
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
Përshëndetje

Thank You

Gràcies
Ju faleminderit

How Are You?

Com estàs?
Si jeni?

Good Night

Bona nit
natën e mirë

Good Evening

Bona nit
mirëmbrëma

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
mirëdita

Good Morning

Bon dia
mirëmengjes

Please

Sisplau
Ju lutem

Sorry

Perdó!
Me fal

Bye

Adéu
mirupafshim

I Love You

T'estimo
unë e dua ju

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Më falni

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Gheg Albanian

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

How Many People Speak

440,000.003,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Tosk Albanian

Where They Speak

Spain
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.001,800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Arbëresh

Where They Speak

Spain
Italy

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

84
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million7.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million3.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million3.60 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
shqip / gjuha shqipe

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Shqip

French Name

catalan; valencien
albanais

German Name

Katalanisch
Albanisch

Pronunciation

[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ʃcip]

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Albanians

History

Origin

c. 1028
1462 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
Old Albanian

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Albanian

Language Position

3214
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
sq

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
sqi

ISO 639 2/B

cat
alb

ISO 639 3

cat
sqi

ISO 639 6

cat
sqi

Glottocode

stan1289
alba1267

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
55-AAA-aaa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Catalan and Albanian Alphabets

Catalan and Albanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Albanian. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Catalan and Albanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Albanian languages. The Catalan phonology consist Catalan vowels and Catalan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Catalan greetings vs Albanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Albanian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Catalan and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Catalan and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Catalan and Albanian Speaking population

Catalan and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Catalan and Albanian on Catalan vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Albanian Language Codes

Catalan and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.