Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
64
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
India
Second Language
Spain
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2752
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2336
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Gràcies
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Bona nit
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Bona nit
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Bon dia
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Sisplau
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Perdó!
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Adéu
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
T'estimo
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Caló
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Kokan
How Many People Speak
440,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Valencian
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Spain
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Spain
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
842
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
catalan; valencien
marathe
German Name
Katalanisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Marathi people
Origin
c. 1028
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Marathi
Language Position
3217
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
mar
ISO 639 2/B
cat
mar
ISO 639 3
cat
mar
ISO 639 6
cat
mar
Glottocode
stan1289
mara1378
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-