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Catalan vs Slovene


Slovene vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Halo  

Thank You
Gràcies  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Sisplau  
Prosim  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Oprostite  

Bye
Adéu  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Italy  

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

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
48  
31

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
Not Available  

Native Name
català  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
slovène  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
972-1093  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Slovene  

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
slv  

ISO 639 3
cat  
slv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Catalan and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Slovene language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Catalan vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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