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Catalan and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
6  
9

National Language
Russia  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Spain  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Hola  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Gràcies  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Com estàs?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Bona nit  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Bona nit  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Bona tarda  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Bon dia  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Sisplau  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Perdó!  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Adéu  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
T'estimo  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Dispensi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Caló  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
France, Portugal, Spain  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Valencian  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Ribagorçan  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
4,000,000.00  
40

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
9.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
4.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
5.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
català  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  

French Name
russe  
catalan; valencien  

German Name
Russisch  
Katalanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Catalan people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1028  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Catalan  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  

Language Position
7  
7
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Catalan  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ca  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
cat  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
cat  

ISO 639 3
rus  
cat  

ISO 639 6
rus  
cat  

Glottocode
russ1263  
stan1289  

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

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Russian and Catalan Speaking population

Russian and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Catalan on Russian vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Catalan Language Codes

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

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