Countries
Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
336
0
46
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National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Spain
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
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Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2123
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
75
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hello
Hola
Thank You
Thank you
Gràcies
How Are You?
How are you?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Good Night
Bona nit
Good Evening
Good Evening
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Good Morning
Bon dia
Please
Please
Sisplau
Sorry
Sorry
Perdó!
Bye
Bye
Adéu
I Love You
I love you
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
American English
Caló
Where They Speak
United States of America
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Valencian
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Spain
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Spain
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1888
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
5.43 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
400.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
English
català
Alternative Names
English
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
anglais
catalan; valencien
German Name
Englisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
English people
Catalan people
History
Origin
5th Century AD
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
en
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eng
cat
ISO 639 2/B
eng
cat
ISO 639 3
eng
cat
ISO 639 6
engs
cat
Glottocode
stan1293
stan1289
Linguasphere
52-ABA
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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