Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Japan
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Palau
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2799
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2314
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hola
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Gràcies
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Bona nit
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Bona nit
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Bon dia
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Sisplau
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Perdó!
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Adéu
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
T'estimo
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Sanuki
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
440,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Hakata
Where They Speak
Spain
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Kansai
Where They Speak
Spain
kansai
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
831
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million128.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA1.90 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
4.10 million128.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 millionNA
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
日本語
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Not Available
French Name
catalan; valencien
japonais
German Name
Katalanisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Japanese (Yamato)
History
Origin
c. 1028
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Japanese
Language Position
NA8
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
cat
jpn
ISO 639 3
cat
jpn
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1289
nucl1643
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic