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Catalan and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
6  
9

National Language
Spain  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Spain  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Hola  

Thank You
Gracias  
Gràcies  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Com estàs?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Bona nit  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Bona nit  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Bona tarda  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Bon dia  

Please
Por Favor  
Sisplau  

Sorry
triste  
Perdó!  

Bye
adiós  
Adéu  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
T'estimo  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Dispensi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Caló  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
France, Portugal, Spain  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
440,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Valencian  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
2,400,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Ribagorçan  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
9.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
4.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
5.10 million  
28

Native Name
Español  
català  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
catalan; valencien  

German Name
Spanisch  
Katalanisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Catalan people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 1028  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Catalan  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Catalan  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ca  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
cat  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
cat  

ISO 639 3
spa  
cat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
stan1289  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
51-AAA-e  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Spanish and Catalan Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Spanish and Catalan dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and Catalan Speaking population

Spanish and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Spanish and Catalan on Spanish vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Catalan Language Codes

Spanish and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Spanish and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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