Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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