Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Turkey
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Turkish Language Association
  
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.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
günaydın
  
Please
Sisplau
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
23
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
català
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
turc
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Turkish
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic