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Catalan and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Russia   
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Spain   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Hola   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Gràcies   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Com estàs?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Bona nit   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Bona nit   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Bona tarda   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Bon dia   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Sisplau   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Perdó!   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Adéu   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
T'estimo   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Dispensi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Caló   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
France, Portugal, Spain   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
440,000.00   
35

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Valencian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
19

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Ribagorçan   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
9.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
4.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
5.10 million   
28

Native Name
Русский   
català   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   

French Name
russe   
catalan; valencien   

German Name
Russisch   
Katalanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Catalan people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 1028   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Catalan   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Catalan   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ca   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
cat   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
cat   

ISO 639 3
rus   
cat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
stan1289   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
51-AAA-e   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Russian and Catalan Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Catalan dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Catalan Speaking population

Russian and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Catalan on Russian vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Catalan Language Codes

Russian and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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