Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
Sisplau
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
Adéu
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
25
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic