Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
65
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2740
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2319
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hola
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Gràcies
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Bona nit
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Bona nit
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Bon dia
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Sisplau
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Perdó!
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Adéu
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
T'estimo
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Caló
Jeju
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
South Korea
How Many People Speak
440,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Valencian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Spain
South Korea
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Spain
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
catalan; valencien
coréen
German Name
Katalanisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Koreans
Origin
c. 1028
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
3212
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
kor
ISO 639 2/B
cat
kor
ISO 639 3
cat
Kor
ISO 639 6
cat
kor
Glottocode
stan1289
kore1280
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative