Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Sisplau
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Adéu
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
persan
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic