Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Wales
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
English Language
Derived From
Latin
British Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hola
Helô
Thank You
Gràcies
Diolch
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Bona nit
Nos da
Good Evening
Bona nit
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
P'nawn da
Good Morning
Bon dia
Bore da
Please
Sisplau
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
Perdó!
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
Adéu
Hwyl
I Love You
T'estimo
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Esgusodwch fi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Argentina
How Many People Speak
440,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Spain
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Spain
Powys
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
88
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Cymraeg
French Name
catalan; valencien
gallois
German Name
Katalanisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Welsh people
History
Origin
c. 1028
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Welsh
Language Position
3231
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
cym
ISO 639 2/B
cat
wel
ISO 639 3
cat
cym
ISO 639 6
cat
cym
Glottocode
stan1289
wels1247
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional