Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.