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Catalan vs Czech


Czech vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Czech Republic, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Czech Republic  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Institute of the Czech Language  

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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
32  
21

How Many Consonants
23  
13
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
ahoj  

Thank You
Gràcies  
děkuji  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Jak se máš?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
dobrou noc  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
dobré odpoledne  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
dobré ráno  

Please
Sisplau  
prosím  

Sorry
Perdó!  
litovat  

Bye
Adéu  
sbohem  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Miluji tě  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
promiňte  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Chod  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Lach  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
català  
čeština / český jazyk  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Bohemian, Cestina  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
tchèque  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Tschechisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Czechs  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Standard Czech  

Language Position
32  
30
73  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
cs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
ces  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
cze  

ISO 639 3
cat  
ces  

ISO 639 6
cat  
ces  

Glottocode
stan1289  
czec1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
53-AAA-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Catalan and Czech Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Czech language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Catalan and Czech Language History.

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Catalan and Czech 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 Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Czech language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Catalan vs Czech Difficulty

The Catalan vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Czech 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 Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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