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Slovene vs Catalan


Catalan vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

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

Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Caló  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
France, Portugal, Spain  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
35

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Slovene and Catalan Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Catalan language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Catalan language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Catalan Language History.

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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.

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