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A guide for use in cataloging music
This information was compiled from: Piska, Karel. Catalan language; Watkins, Thayer. Catalan.
Allen, C.G. A manual of European languages for librarians. London ; New York : Bowker [for] the London School of Economics, 1975.
Dipthongs
| Catalan has a lack of rising diphthongs (such as ie and ue) | ||
| Catalan | Spanish | English |
| be, bo | bien, bueno | well, good |
| Catalan has an abundance of falling diphthongs | ||
| Catalan | Spanish | English |
| peu, bou | pie, buey | foot, ox |
| English, Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese spellings of the same sound | |||
| English | Catalan | Spanish | Portuguese |
| ny | ny | ñ | nh |
| y_ | ll | ll | lh |
| _own | _an | _an | _ão |
| _n | _n | _n | _m |
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Definite and indefinite articles in Catalan and Spanish |
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| definite articles | indefinite articles | ||||
| Catalan | M | F | N | M | F |
| singular | el, l' | >la, l' | --- | >un | >una |
| plural | els | les | --- | uns | unes |
| Spanish | M | F | N | M | F |
| singular | el | la, el | lo | un | in(a) |
| plural | los | las | --- | unos | unas |
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Numbers in Catalan and Spanish |
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Cardinal |
Ordinal |
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| Catalan | Spanish | Catalan | Spanish | ||
| 1 | un, una | uno,una | 1st | primer | primer(o) |
| 2 | dos, dues | dos | 2nd | segon | segundo |
| 3 | tres | tres | 3rd | Terç(er) | tercer(o) |
| 4 | quatre | cuatro | 4th | quart | cuarto |
| 5 | cinc | cinco | 5th | cinquè | quinto |
| 6 | sis | seis | 6th | sisè | sexto |
| 7 | set | siete | 7th | setè | séptimo |
| 8 | vuit | ocho | 8th | vuitè | octavo |
| 9 | nou | nueve | 9th | noveè | noveno |
| 10 | deu | diez | 10th | desè | décimo |
| 11 | onze | once | 11th | onzè | undécimoo |
| 40 | quaranta | cuarenta | 40th | --- | cuadragesimo |
| 12 | dotze | doce | 12th | --- | duodécimo |
| 13 | tretze | trece | 13th | --- | decimotercio |
| 14 | catorze | catorce | 14th | --- | decimocuarto |
| 15 | quinze | quince | 15th | --- | decimoquinto |
| 16 | setze | dieciséis | 16th | --- | decimosexto |
| 17 | disset | diecisiete | 17th | --- | decimoseptimo |
| 18 | divuit | dieciocho | 18th | --- | decimoctavo |
| 101 | cent un | siete | 101st | --- | --- |
| 19 | dinou | diecinueve | 19th | --- | decimonono |
| 20 | vint | veinte | 20th | --- | vigesimo |
| 21 | vint-i-un | veintiun(o) | 21st | vint-i-unè | vigesimo primo |
| 30 | trenta | treinta | 30th | trentè | trigesimo |
| 31 | trenta-un | treinta y un(o) | 31st | --- | --- |
| 50 | cinquanta | cincuenta | 50th | --- | quincuagesimo |
| 60 | seixanta | sesenta | 60th | --- | sexagesimo |
| 70 | setanta | setenta | 70th | --- | septuagesimo |
| 80 | vuitanta | ochenta | 80th | --- | octogèsimo |
| 90 | noranta | noventa | 90th | --- | nonagesimo |
| 100 | cent | siete | 100th | --- | cntésimo |
| 200 | dos-cents, dues-centes |
siete | 200th | --- | ducentesimo |
| 1,000 | mil | siete | 1,000th | --- | milésimo |