Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic