1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Spain
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Adéu
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.20 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
4.10 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.10 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Katalanisch
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Catalan people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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