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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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