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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Iraq, Kurdistan

Total No. Of Countries

62
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Second Language

Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Middle East

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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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.
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Farsi Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2733
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2329
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
Silaw

Thank You

Gràcies
Sipas

How Are You?

Com estàs?
Tu çawa yî?

Good Night

Bona nit
Şev xweş

Good Evening

Bona nit
Evare baş

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
Nee-wa-rowt bash

Good Morning

Bon dia
Bayanit bash

Please

Sisplau
Bê zehmet

Sorry

Perdó!
Bibûre

Bye

Adéu
Be xêr çî

I Love You

T'estimo
Ez te hez dikem

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Bê zehmet

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Northern Kurdish

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey

How Many People Speak

440,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Central Kurdish

Where They Speak

Spain
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran

How Many People Speak

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

Ribagorçan
Southern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Spain
Eastern Iraq

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

83
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.31 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Kurdî, کوردی‎

French Name

catalan; valencien
kurde

German Name

Katalanisch
Kurdisch

Pronunciation

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

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Kurds

History

Origin

c. 1028
16th century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Kurdish

Language Position

3214
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Kurdish Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
ku

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
kur

ISO 639 2/B

cat
kur

ISO 639 3

cat
kur

ISO 639 6

cat
kur

Glottocode

stan1289
kurd1259

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
58-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Catalan and Kurdish Alphabets

Catalan and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Kurdish. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Catalan and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Catalan and Kurdish Speaking population

Catalan and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Catalan vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Kurdish Language Codes

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