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Russian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Russia  

Second Language
Spain  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Gràcies  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Sisplau  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Adéu  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
Not Available  
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
català  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Russki  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
russe  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Russians  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
Not Available  
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
rus  

ISO 639 3
cat  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Catalan and Russian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Russian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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Catalan and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Russian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Catalan vs Russian Difficulty

The Catalan vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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