Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
276.00 million
  
6
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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