Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
64
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Czech Language
Derived From
Latin
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2746
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2338
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hola
Ahoj
Thank You
Gràcies
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Bona nit
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Bona nit
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Bon dia
Dobré ráno
Please
Sisplau
Prosím
Sorry
Perdó!
Pardón!
Bye
Adéu
Dovidenia
I Love You
T'estimo
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Prepáčte!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
440,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Spain
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Spain
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million5.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
catalan; valencien
slovaque
German Name
Katalanisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Slovaks
History
Origin
c. 1028
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Slovak
Language Position
3227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
slk
ISO 639 2/B
cat
slo
ISO 639 3
cat
slk
ISO 639 6
cat
slk
Glottocode
stan1289
slov1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic