Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
National Language
China, Taiwan
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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.
Similar To
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Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Gràcies
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Bona nit
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bon dia
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dispensi!
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
France, Portugal, Spain
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Spain
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Spain
How Many People Speak
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Speaking Population
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
català
Alternative Names
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Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
chinois
catalan; valencien
German Name
Chinesisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
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[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Han
Catalan people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Romance
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
stan1289
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAA-e
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese and Catalan 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 Chinese and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Catalan language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Catalan Difficulty
The Chinese vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Catalan 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 Chinese and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.