Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
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
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
Sisplau
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
آسف
  
Bye
Adéu
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
català
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
arabe
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Arabs
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic