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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

76
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Spain

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • 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 English Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

Albanian Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

923
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Hola

Thank You

Danke
Gràcies

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
Com estàs?

Good Night

gute Nacht
Bona nit

Good Evening

guten Abend
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
Bona tarda

Good Morning

guten Morgen
Bon dia

Please

bitte
Sisplau

Sorry

Verzeihung
Perdó!

Bye

Tschüs
Adéu

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Caló

Where They Speak

Switzerland
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Valencian

Where They Speak

Germany
Spain

How Many People Speak

820,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

Texas
Spain

How Many People Speak

6,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

288
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
català

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

allemand
catalan; valencien

German Name

Deutsch
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Germans
Catalan people

History

Origin

6th Century AD
c. 1028

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Romance

Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

932
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
cat

ISO 639 2/B

ger
cat

ISO 639 3

deu
cat

ISO 639 6

deus
cat

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
stan1289

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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German and Catalan Alphabets

German and Catalan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Catalan. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn German and Catalan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Catalan languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Catalan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Catalan are Most Spoken Languages.

All German and Catalan Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Catalan dialects. Various dialects of German and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

German and Catalan Speaking population

German and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of German and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Catalan on German vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Catalan Language Codes

German and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.