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
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2730
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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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Hello
Hola
Henda ho
Thank You
Gràcies
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Bona nit
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Bona nit
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Bon dia
Boge Setak’
Please
Sisplau
দয়া করে
Sorry
Perdó!
দুঃখিত
Bye
Adéu
Hariau
I Love You
T'estimo
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Caló
Mahali
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
India
How Many People Speak
440,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Not present
Where They Speak
Spain
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How Many People Speak
2,400,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Not present
Where They Speak
Spain
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How Many People Speak
4,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
81
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
catalan; valencien
santal
German Name
Katalanisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
c. 1028
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Santali
Language Position
3241
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
sat
ISO 639 2/B
cat
sat
ISO 639 3
cat
sat
ISO 639 6
cat
sat
Glottocode
stan1289
sant1410
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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