Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
India, Nepal
Second Language
Spain
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2747
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2322
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
pranam
Thank You
Gràcies
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Bona nit
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Bona nit
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Bon dia
Suprabhaat
Please
Sisplau
kripaya
Sorry
Perdó!
maf karai
Bye
Adéu
Alavidā
I Love You
T'estimo
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
kripaya
Dialect 1
Caló
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Nepal
How Many People Speak
440,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Spain
North India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Khortha
Where They Speak
Spain
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
815
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.20 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.10 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
catalan; valencien
maithili
German Name
Katalanisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Maithil
Origin
c. 1028
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Maithili
Language Position
3240
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
mai
ISO 639 2/B
cat
mai
ISO 639 3
cat
mai
ISO 639 6
cat
mai
Glottocode
stan1289
mait1250
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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