Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Malaysia
Second Language
Spain
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Thailand
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Latin
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2324
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
Hai
Thank You
Gràcies
terima kasih
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Bona nit
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Bona nit
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Bon dia
Selamat pagi
Please
Sisplau
sila
Sorry
Perdó!
maaf
Bye
Adéu
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
T'estimo
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Caló
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
440,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Pekal
Where They Speak
Spain
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Musi
Where They Speak
Spain
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
824
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.10 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.10 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
catalan; valencien
malais
German Name
Katalanisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Malaysian people
Origin
c. 1028
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
3254
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
msa
ISO 639 2/B
cat
may
ISO 639 3
cat
zsm
ISO 639 6
cat
may
Glottocode
stan1289
stan1306
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative