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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

64
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Russia

Second Language

Spain
Afganistan

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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.
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Derived From

Latin
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2733
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2321
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Cyrillic

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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)

Thank You

Gràcies
спасибо(spasibo)

How Are You?

Com estàs?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)

Good Night

Bona nit
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)

Good Evening

Bona nit
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')

Good Morning

Bon dia
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)

Please

Sisplau
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)

Sorry

Perdó!
Извините(Izvinite)

Bye

Adéu
до свидания(do svidaniya)

I Love You

T'estimo
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
извините(izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Doukhobor Russian

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan

How Many People Speak

440,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Olonets

Where They Speak

Spain
Olonets

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.00154,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Novgorod

Where They Speak

Spain
Novgorod

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00154,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

813
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million276.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %2.33 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million166.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
Русский

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Russki

French Name

catalan; valencien
russe

German Name

Katalanisch
Russisch

Pronunciation

[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Russians

History

Origin

c. 1028
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Slavic

Branch

-
Eastern

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
Old East Slavic

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Russian

Language Position

327
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Signed Russian

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
ru

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
rus

ISO 639 2/B

cat
rus

ISO 639 3

cat
rus

ISO 639 6

cat
rus

Glottocode

stan1289
russ1263

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
53-AAA-ea

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Catalan and Russian Alphabets

Catalan and Russian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Russian. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Russian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Catalan and Russian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Russian languages. The Catalan phonology consist Catalan vowels and Catalan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Catalan greetings vs Russian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Russian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Catalan and Russian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Catalan and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Catalan and Russian Speaking population

Catalan and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Catalan and Russian on Catalan vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Russian Language Codes

Catalan and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.