Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Malti
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
maltais
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Catalan and Maltese Speaking population
Catalan and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Catalan vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Catalan and Maltese Language Codes
Catalan and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.