Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
France
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Sisplau
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
désolé
  
Bye
Adéu
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
català
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Français
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
français
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic