Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Spain
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Armenian
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2724
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2317
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hola
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Gràcies
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Bona nit
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Bona nit
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Bon dia
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Sisplau
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Perdó!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Adéu
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
T'estimo
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Greece
How Many People Speak
440,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Griko
Where They Speak
Spain
Italy
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0050,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Spain
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
825
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA0.18 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
4.10 million13.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.10 millionNA
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
catalan; valencien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Katalanisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Greeks or Hellenes
History
Origin
c. 1028
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Modern Greek
Language Position
NA74
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
ell
ISO 639 2/B
cat
gre
ISO 639 3
cat
ell
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
stan1289
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic