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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Galicia

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Galicia

Second Language

Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)

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.
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Portuguese Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2723
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2319
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks28 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
Ola

Thank You

Gràcies
Grazas

How Are You?

Com estàs?
Que tal estás?

Good Night

Bona nit
Boas noites

Good Evening

Bona nit
Boa tarde

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
Boa tarde

Good Morning

Bon dia
Bos días

Please

Sisplau
Por favor

Sorry

Perdó!
Síntoo!

Bye

Adéu
Adeus

I Love You

T'estimo
Ámote

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Perdoe!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Eastern Galician

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
East Galicia

How Many People Speak

440,000.002,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Central Galician

Where They Speak

Spain
Central Galicia

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Western Galician

Where They Speak

Spain
West Galicia

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

83
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million2.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million2.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
Galego

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Galego, Gallego

French Name

catalan; valencien
galicien

German Name

Katalanisch
Galicisch

Pronunciation

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

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Galician people

History

Origin

c. 1028
c. 1175

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Galician

Language Position

3246
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Galician Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
gl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
glg

ISO 639 2/B

cat
glg

ISO 639 3

cat
glg

ISO 639 6

cat
glg

Glottocode

stan1289
gali1258

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
51-AAA-ab

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Catalan and Galician Alphabets

Catalan and Galician Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Galician. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Catalan and Galician languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Galician 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 Galician greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Galician are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Catalan and Galician Speaking population

Catalan and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. 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 Galician on Catalan vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Galician Language Codes

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