Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Hawaii
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Com estàs?
你好吗？
Good Evening
Bona nit
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
下午好
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Valencian
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Spain
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Spain
Hong Kong
Native Name
català
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
catalan; valencien
cantonais
German Name
Katalanisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Han Chinese
Origin
c. 1028
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
ca
No data available
ISO 639 3
cat
No data available
Glottocode
stan1289
cant1236
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Catalan and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Catalan and Cantonese Speaking population
Catalan and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Catalan vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Catalan and Cantonese Language Codes
Catalan and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.