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Catalan vs Slovak


Slovak vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
27  
9
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
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  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Catalan and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Slovak language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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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.

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