Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
611
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Turkey
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
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
👆🏻
Hello
Hola
Merhaba
Thank You
Gràcies
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Com estàs?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Bona nit
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Bona nit
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Bon dia
günaydın
Please
Sisplau
lütfen
Sorry
Perdó!
üzgünüm
Bye
Adéu
Hoşçakal
I Love You
T'estimo
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Caló
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
440,000.0026,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Valencian
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Spain
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00480,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Spain
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
89
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million75.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.95 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
catalan; valencien
turc
German Name
Katalanisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Turkish
Origin
c. 1028
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Language Position
3219
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
tr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
tur
ISO 639 2/B
cat
tur
ISO 639 3
cat
tur
ISO 639 6
cat
tur
Glottocode
stan1289
nucl1301
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic