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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
stan1289
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
51-AAA-e
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Russian 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 Russian and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Catalan language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Russian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.