Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
India
Total No. Of Countries
61
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
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
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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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Latin
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2752
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hola
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Gràcies
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Bona nit
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Bona nit
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Bon dia
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Sisplau
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
Perdó!
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Adéu
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
T'estimo
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Caló
Not present
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
-
How Many People Speak
440,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Not present
Where They Speak
Spain
-
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Not present
Where They Speak
Spain
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How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
80
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.20 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.10 million14.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.10 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
català
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
catalan; valencien
sanskrit
German Name
Katalanisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
c. 1028
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Sanskrit
Language Position
3223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
san
ISO 639 2/B
cat
san
ISO 639 3
cat
san
ISO 639 6
cat
san
Glottocode
stan1289
sans1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic