Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
India
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Sisplau
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Adéu
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
català
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Bihari
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Catalan and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Urdu language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Urdu Difficulty
The Catalan vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.