Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
66
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Spain
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2731
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
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
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
alo
Thank You
Gràcies
multumesc
How Are You?
Com estàs?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Bona nit
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Bona nit
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Bon dia
bună Dimineața
Please
Sisplau
Vă Rog
Sorry
Perdó!
scuze
Bye
Adéu
La revedere
I Love You
T'estimo
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Caló
Aromanian
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
440,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Spain
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Spain
Croatia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
810
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.20 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
Română
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
catalan; valencien
roumain; moldave
German Name
Katalanisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Romanians
Origin
c. 1028
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Romanian
Language Position
3236
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
ron
ISO 639 2/B
cat
rum
ISO 639 3
cat
ron
ISO 639 6
cat
ron
Glottocode
stan1289
roma1327
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic