Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Com estàs?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Bona nit
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Bona tarda
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Bon dia
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Dispensi!
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Valencian
Where They Speak
Sudan
Spain
Dialect 3
Levantine
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
català
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
arabe
catalan; valencien
German Name
Arabisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Arabs
Catalan people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Catalan
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
stan1289
Linguasphere
12-AAC
51-AAA-e
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic 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 Arabic and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Catalan language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Catalan Difficulty
The Arabic vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.