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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

633
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Spain
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2321
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

57
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
Hello

Thank You

Gràcies
Thank you

How Are You?

Com estàs?
How are you?

Good Night

Bona nit
Good Night

Good Evening

Bona nit
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Bon dia
Good Morning

Please

Sisplau
Please

Sorry

Perdó!
Sorry

Bye

Adéu
Bye

I Love You

T'estimo
I love you

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
American English

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
United States of America

How Many People Speak

440,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Spain
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Spain
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

8188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
English

Alternative Names

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

French Name

catalan; valencien
anglais

German Name

Katalanisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Catalan people
English people

History

Origin

c. 1028
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard English

Language Position

323
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
eng

ISO 639 2/B

cat
eng

ISO 639 3

cat
eng

ISO 639 6

cat
engs

Glottocode

stan1289
stan1293

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Catalan and English Alphabets

Catalan and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and English. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Catalan and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Catalan and English Speaking population

Catalan and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and English languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Catalan vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and English Language Codes

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