1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Portugal
1.4 Second Language
Spain
United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
1.8 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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Com estàs?
Como você está?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Caló
Brazilian Portuguese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Brazil
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Valencian
European Portuguese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.20 million231.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
4.10 million216.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.10 million15.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Português
5.3.4 French Name
catalan; valencien
portugais
5.3.5 German Name
Katalanisch
Portugiesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
5.5 Ethnicity
Catalan people
Portuguese people or portugueses
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Catalan
Medieval Galician
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Portuguese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Portuguese
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available