Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Hola
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Abkhaz
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Catalan and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Catalan and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Abkhaz language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Catalan vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Catalan and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.