1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
1.4 Second Language
Spain
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
1.7 Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hola
3.2 Thank You
Gràcies
3.3 How Are You?
Com estàs?
3.4 Good Night
Bona nit
3.5 Good Evening
Bona nit
3.6 Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
3.7 Good Morning
Bon dia
3.8 Please
Sisplau
3.9 Sorry
Perdó!
3.10 Bye
Adéu
3.11 I Love You
T'estimo
3.12 Excuse Me
Dispensi!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Caló
4.1.1 Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00
Rank: 35 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Valencian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Spain
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
Rank: 19 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Spain
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
Rank: 55 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
4.10 million
Rank: 70 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
Rank: 28 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
català
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
5.3.4 French Name
catalan; valencien
5.3.5 German Name
Katalanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
5.5 Ethnicity
Catalan people
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1028
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Catalan
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ca
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
cat
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
cat
7.3 ISO 639 3
cat
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1289
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available