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German and Catalan


Catalan and German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
6   
9

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
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

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
4,500,000.00   
18
440,000.00   
35

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Valencian   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
2,400,000.00   
19

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Ribagorçan   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
9.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
4.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
5.10 million   
28

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   
Not Available   

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
9   
9
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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.

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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 Not Available. 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.

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