Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
India
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
India
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Hola
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Sisplau
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Adéu
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available