Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
India
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Oceania
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
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Urdu
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2333
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Gràcies
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Bona nit
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Bona nit
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Bon dia
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
Sisplau
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Perdó!
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
Adéu
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
T'estimo
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Caló
Khariboli
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
440,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Marwari
Where They Speak
Spain
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Spain
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
catalan; valencien
hindi
German Name
Katalanisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Hindustani people
Origin
c. 1028
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Hindi
Language Position
325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
hin
ISO 639 2/B
cat
hin
ISO 639 3
cat
hin
ISO 639 6
cat
hins
Glottocode
stan1289
hind1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic