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Russian and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Russia  

Second Language
Spain  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Gràcies  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Sisplau  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Adéu  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
Not Available  
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
català  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Russki  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
russe  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Russians  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
Not Available  
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
rus  

ISO 639 3
cat  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Catalan and Russian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Catalan and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Catalan and Russian Speaking population

Catalan and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Catalan vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Russian Language Codes

Catalan and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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