Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Iran
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Iran
Second Language
Spain
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Speaking Continents
Europe
Antartica
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
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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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Persian
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2745
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2340
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
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 weeks25 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
hello
Thank You
Gràcies
Thank you
How Are You?
Com estàs?
how are you
Good Night
Bona nit
Good night
Good Evening
Bona nit
Good evening
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Bon dia
Good morning
Please
Sisplau
Please
Sorry
Perdó!
sorry
Bye
Adéu
bye
I Love You
T'estimo
i love you
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
excuse me
Dialect 1
Caló
Feyli lurish
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
How Many People Speak
440,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Bakhtiari
Where They Speak
Spain
Iran
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Laki
Where They Speak
Spain
Iran
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.001,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million0.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million0.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million89.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
nanme
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Lori, Luri, Luristani
French Name
catalan; valencien
louri
German Name
Katalanisch
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Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Lurs
Origin
c. 1028
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
gd
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
gd
Language Position
3223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ca
12
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
lrc
ISO 639 2/B
cat
lrc
ISO 639 3
cat
12
ISO 639 6
cat
lrc
Glottocode
stan1289
12
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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