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Catalan

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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Bulgaria, European Union

Total No. Of Countries

62
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Bulgaria

Second Language

Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Europe

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Institute for the Bulgarian language

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.
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Macedonian language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2730
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2336
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)

Thank You

Gràcies
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)

How Are You?

Com estàs?
Как си? (Kak si?)

Good Night

Bona nit
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)

Good Evening

Bona nit
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
Добър ден (Dobãr den)

Good Morning

Bon dia
Добро утро (Dobro utro)

Please

Sisplau
Моля (Molja)

Sorry

Perdó!
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)

Bye

Adéu
Довиждане (Doviždane)

I Love You

T'estimo
Обичам те (Običam te)

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

440,000.009,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Panagyurishte

Where They Speak

Spain
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Pirdop

Where They Speak

Spain
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.009,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

858
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million7.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.21 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million7.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million9.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
български (bãlgarski)

Alternative Names

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

French Name

catalan; valencien
bulgare

German Name

Katalanisch
Bulgarisch

Pronunciation

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

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Bulgarian people

History

Origin

c. 1028
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Slavic

Branch

-
Southern

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Bulgarian

Language Position

3288
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Bulgarian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
bg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
bul

ISO 639 2/B

cat
bul

ISO 639 3

cat
bul

ISO 639 6

cat
buls

Glottocode

stan1289
bulg1262

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
53-AAA-hb

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
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Catalan and Bulgarian Alphabets

Catalan and Bulgarian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Bulgarian. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Bulgarian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Catalan and Bulgarian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Bulgarian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Catalan and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Catalan and Bulgarian Speaking population

Catalan and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Catalan vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Bulgarian Language Codes

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