Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Sisplau
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Adéu
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic