1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Sri Lanka
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Sri Lanka
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Maldivian Language
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
Gràcies
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
Com estàs?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
Bona nit
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
Bona nit
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
Bon dia
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
Sisplau
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
Perdó!
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
T'estimo
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
Dispensi!
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Sri Lanka
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
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 million16.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
4.10 million16.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.10 million2.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
catalan; valencien
singhalais
5.3.5 German Name
Katalanisch
Singhalesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Catalan people
Sinhalese people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Catalan
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Modern Sinhalese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Not Available
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
51-AAA-e
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology