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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

67
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Spain
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2721
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2316
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
ciao

Thank You

Gràcies
grazie

How Are You?

Com estàs?
Come stai?

Good Night

Bona nit
buonanotte

Good Evening

Bona nit
buonasera

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

Bon dia
buongiorno

Please

Sisplau
Per Favore

Sorry

Perdó!
scusate

Bye

Adéu
arrivederci

I Love You

T'estimo
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Romanesco

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
Lazio

How Many People Speak

440,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Central Italian

Where They Speak

Spain
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Tuscan

Where They Speak

Spain
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

815
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
Italiano

Alternative Names

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

French Name

catalan; valencien
italien

German Name

Katalanisch
Italienisch

Pronunciation

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

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Italians

History

Origin

c. 1028
960 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Italian

Language Position

3227
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
ita

ISO 639 2/B

cat
ita

ISO 639 3

cat
ita

ISO 639 6

cat
itas

Glottocode

stan1289
ital1282

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
51-AAA-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Catalan and Italian Alphabets

Catalan and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Italian. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Catalan and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Italian 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 Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Catalan and Italian Speaking population

Catalan and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Catalan vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Italian Language Codes

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