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Catalan and German


German and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
7   
8

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   
Germany   

Second Language
Spain   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hola   
hallo   

Thank You
Gràcies   
Danke   

How Are You?
Com estàs?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Bona nit   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Bona nit   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Bon dia   
guten Morgen   

Please
Sisplau   
bitte   

Sorry
Perdó!   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Adéu   
Tschüs   

I Love You
T'estimo   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Dispensi!   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
català   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
catalan; valencien   
allemand   

German Name
Katalanisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ca   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
cat   
ger   

ISO 639 3
cat   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
stan1289   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Catalan and German Speaking population

Catalan and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and German languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 Catalan and German on Catalan vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and German Language Codes

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

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