Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Norway
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2320
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hola
hallo
Thank You
Gràcies
takk
How Are You?
Com estàs?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Bona nit
god natt
Good Evening
Bona nit
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Bon dia
god morgen
Please
Sisplau
Vær så snill
Sorry
Perdó!
unnskyld
Bye
Adéu
ha det
I Love You
T'estimo
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Caló
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
440,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Spain
Sogn
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Spain
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
819
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
Norsk
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Norsk
French Name
catalan; valencien
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Katalanisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Norwegians
Origin
c. 1028
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
3218
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ca
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
nor
ISO 639 2/B
cat
nor
ISO 639 3
cat
nor
ISO 639 6
cat
nor
Glottocode
stan1289
norw1258
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional