Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
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 in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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