Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Spain
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Chinese.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Gràcies
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Bona nit
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Bona nit
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Bon dia
早安 (Zǎo ān)
I Love You
T'estimo
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
劳驾 (Láojià)
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Spain
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Spain
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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Speaking Population
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Native Name
català
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
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French Name
catalan; valencien
chinois
German Name
Katalanisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
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Ethnicity
Catalan people
Han
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Chinese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1289
sini1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Catalan and Chinese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Catalan and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Chinese language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Chinese Difficulty
The Catalan vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Catalan and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.