Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
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
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
català
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
1887
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Catalan and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Esperanto language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Catalan vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.