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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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Russian and Catalan Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Catalan language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Catalan language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Russian and Catalan Language History.

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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.

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