Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Catalan and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Slovak language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Slovak Difficulty
The Catalan vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.