Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
65
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Spain
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2323
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hola
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Gràcies
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Bona nit
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Bona nit
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Bon dia
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Sisplau
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Perdó!
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Adéu
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
T'estimo
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Caló
Mandarin
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
440,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Wu
Where They Speak
Spain
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Yue
Where They Speak
Spain
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
810
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
catalan; valencien
chinois
German Name
Katalanisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Han
Origin
c. 1028
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Chinese
Language Position
321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
zho
ISO 639 2/B
cat
chi
ISO 639 3
cat
zho
ISO 639 6
cat
zho
Glottocode
stan1289
sini1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating