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Catalan vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Not present   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
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
8   
8
0   

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Catalan and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Esperanto language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Catalan and Esperanto Language History.

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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.

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