Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
serbe
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Serbs
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Standard Serbian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available