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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

76
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Spain

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  • 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

French and Portuguese Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2127
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1623
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

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ciao
Hola

Thank You

grazie
Gràcies

How Are You?

Come stai?
Com estàs?

Good Night

buonanotte
Bona nit

Good Evening

buonasera
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Bona tarda

Good Morning

buongiorno
Bon dia

Please

Per Favore
Sisplau

Sorry

scusate
Perdó!

Bye

arrivederci
Adéu

I Love You

Ti amo
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Scusami
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Caló

Where They Speak

Lazio
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Valencian

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Spain

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Spain

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

158
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
català

Alternative Names

Italiano
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

italien
catalan; valencien

German Name

Italienisch
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

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

Ethnicity

Italians
Catalan people

History

Origin

960 BC
c. 1028

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Italian
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

2732
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
cat

ISO 639 2/B

ita
cat

ISO 639 3

ita
cat

ISO 639 6

itas
cat

Glottocode

ital1282
stan1289

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Italian and Catalan Alphabets

Italian and Catalan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Catalan. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Italian and Catalan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Catalan languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Catalan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Catalan are Most Spoken Languages.

All Italian 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 Italian and Catalan dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Italian and Catalan Speaking population

Italian and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Catalan on Italian vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Catalan Language Codes

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