Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Prosim
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Not available
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
slovène
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
972-1093
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Slovene
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Slovene 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 Slovene and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Catalan language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovene vs Catalan Difficulty
The Slovene vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.