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
Nepal
Second Language
Spain
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Hindi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2748
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2336
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Gràcies
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Bona nit
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Bona nit
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Bon dia
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Sisplau
कृपया
Sorry
Perdó!
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Adéu
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
T'estimo
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Caló
Doteli
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Nepal
How Many People Speak
440,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Spain
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Spain
Nepal
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
catalan; valencien
népalais
German Name
Katalanisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
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
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Nepali
Language Position
3259
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ca
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
nep
ISO 639 2/B
cat
nep
ISO 639 3
cat
npi
ISO 639 6
cat
nep
Glottocode
stan1289
nepa1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative