Countries
Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
64
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Russia
Second Language
Spain
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hola
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Gràcies
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Bona nit
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Bona nit
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Bon dia
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Sisplau
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Perdó!
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Adéu
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
T'estimo
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
извините(izvinite)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caló
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
440,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Olonets
Where They Speak
Spain
Olonets
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Spain
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
813
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million276.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA2.33 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million166.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
Русский
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Russki
French Name
catalan; valencien
russe
German Name
Katalanisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Russians
History
Origin
c. 1028
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Russian
Language Position
NA7
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ca
ru
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
rus
ISO 639 2/B
cat
rus
ISO 639 3
cat
rus
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1289
russ1263
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
53-AAA-ea
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic