Home
Languagevs


Catalan and Russian


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   

Summary >>
<< Code

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.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages