Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Total No. Of Countries
632
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
France
Second Language
Spain
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2320
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hola
bonjour
Thank You
Gràcies
Merci
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Bona nit
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Bona nit
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Bon dia
Bonjour
Please
Sisplau
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
Perdó!
désolé
Bye
Adéu
au revoir
I Love You
T'estimo
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Excuse Moi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Quebec French
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
440,000.006,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
African French
Where They Speak
Spain
Africa
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Spain
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
NA1,800,000.00
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
825
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million163.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA1.12 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
4.10 million76.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.10 million87.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
français
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Français
French Name
catalan; valencien
français
German Name
Katalanisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Not Available
History
Origin
c. 1028
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard French
Language Position
NA13
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
fr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
fra
ISO 639 2/B
cat
fre
ISO 639 3
cat
fra
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
stan1289
stan1290
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
51-AAA-i
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic