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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

466
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Spain

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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

French Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2223
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

hola
Hola

Thank You

Gracias
Gràcies

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Com estàs?

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Bona nit

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Bona tarda

Good Morning

Buenos Días
Bon dia

Please

Por Favor
Sisplau

Sorry

triste
Perdó!

Bye

adiós
Adéu

I Love You

Te Quiero
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Caló

Where They Speak

Mexico
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Valencian

Where They Speak

Cuba
Spain

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
Spain

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

218
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
català

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

espagnol; castillan
catalan; valencien

German Name

Spanisch
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Catalan people

History

Origin

210 BC
c. 1028

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

232
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
cat

ISO 639 2/B

spa
cat

ISO 639 3

spa
cat

ISO 639 6

spa
cat

Glottocode

stan1288
stan1289

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish and Catalan Alphabets

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

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

Spanish and Catalan Speaking population

Spanish and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Catalan on Spanish vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Catalan Language Codes

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