Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
East Asia, European Union, South America
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Spain
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, South America
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
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Latin and Italian Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2732
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2327
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Hola
Halo
Thank You
Gràcies
Dankon
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
Bona nit
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
Bona nit
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
Bon dia
Bonan matenon
Please
Sisplau
Mi petas
Sorry
Perdó!
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
Adéu
Ĝis poste
I Love You
T'estimo
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Pardonu!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Not present
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Not present
How Many People Speak
440,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Not present
Where They Speak
Spain
Not present
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.001,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Not present
Where They Speak
Spain
Not present
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
80
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million2.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million0.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
catalan; valencien
espéranto
German Name
Katalanisch
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Esperanto speakers
History
Origin
c. 1028
1887
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Esperanto
Language Position
3233
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
eo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
epo
ISO 639 2/B
cat
epo
ISO 639 3
cat
epo
ISO 639 6
cat
epo
Glottocode
stan1289
espe1235
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
51-AAB-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative