Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Germany
Second Language
Spain
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Latin
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Bona nit
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Bona nit
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
guten Tag
Good Morning
Bon dia
guten Morgen
I Love You
T'estimo
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Caló
Swiss German
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Valencian
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Spain
Germany
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Texas German
Where They Speak
Spain
Texas
Native Name
català
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
catalan; valencien
allemand
German Name
Katalanisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Germans
Origin
c. 1028
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1289
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
Catalan and German Speaking population
Catalan and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and German languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Catalan vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Catalan and German Language Codes
Catalan and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.