Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
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
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ti amo
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Scusami
Dispensi!
Where They Speak
Lazio
France, Portugal, Spain
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Valencian
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Spain
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Italian
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
stan1289
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
51-AAA-e
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Italian and Catalan Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Italian and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Catalan language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Italian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Catalan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Italian and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.