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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

63
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Spain
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Armenian

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2317
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Gràcies
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Com estàs?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Bona nit
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Bona nit
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Bon dia
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Sisplau
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Perdó!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Adéu
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

T'estimo
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
Greece

How Many People Speak

440,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Griko

Where They Speak

Spain
Italy

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Spain
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

catalan; valencien
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Katalanisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

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

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

c. 1028
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Modern Greek

Language Position

3274
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
ell

ISO 639 2/B

cat
gre

ISO 639 3

cat
ell

ISO 639 6

cat
ells

Glottocode

stan1289
gree1276

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Catalan and Greek Alphabets

Catalan and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Greek. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Catalan and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Catalan and Greek Speaking population

Catalan and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Catalan vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Greek Language Codes

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