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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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