Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Please
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Bye
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
I love you
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
English
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
anglais
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available