Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Total No. Of Countries
67
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Germany
Second Language
Spain
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Council for German Orthography
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Latin
Albanian Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
239
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hola
hallo
Thank You
Gràcies
Danke
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Bona nit
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Bona nit
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
guten Tag
Good Morning
Bon dia
guten Morgen
Please
Sisplau
bitte
Sorry
Perdó!
Verzeihung
Bye
Adéu
Tschüs
I Love You
T'estimo
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Entschuldigung
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Swiss German
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
440,000.004,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Valencian
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Spain
Germany
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00820,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Texas German
Where They Speak
Spain
Texas
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.006,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
828
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million229.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %1.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million101.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million128.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
catalan; valencien
allemand
German Name
Katalanisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Germans
History
Origin
c. 1028
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
329
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
de
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
deu
ISO 639 2/B
cat
ger
ISO 639 3
cat
deu
ISO 639 6
cat
deus
Glottocode
stan1289
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic