Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Prosím
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
slovenčina
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
slovaque
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Catalan language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Catalan Difficulty
The Slovak vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.