Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2731
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2326
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hola
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Gràcies
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Bona nit
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Bona nit
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Bon dia
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Sisplau
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Perdó!
жал (žal)
Bye
Adéu
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
T'estimo
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Caló
Torlakian
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
440,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Debar
Where They Speak
Spain
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Spain
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
828
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
catalan; valencien
macédonien
German Name
Katalanisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Macedonians
Origin
c. 1028
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Macedonian
Language Position
3245
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
cat
mac
ISO 639 3
cat
mkd
ISO 639 6
cat
mkd
Glottocode
stan1289
mace1250
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic