Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
India
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
India
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2742
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2331
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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Hello
Hola
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Gràcies
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Bona nit
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Bona nit
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Bon dia
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Sisplau
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
Perdó!
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Adéu
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
T'estimo
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Caló
Baleswari
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
India
How Many People Speak
440,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Spain
India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Kosli
Where They Speak
Spain
India
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
88
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.10 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
catalan; valencien
oriya
German Name
Katalanisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Odias
Origin
c. 1028
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Odia
Language Position
3232
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ca
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
ori
ISO 639 2/B
cat
ori
ISO 639 3
cat
ori
ISO 639 6
cat
ori
Glottocode
stan1289
macr1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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