Unwed couples spend longer talking to their partners than those who are married, a new relationship study has revealed.

A married couple chat for just 93 minutes a day while dating couples talk for an average of 114 minutes, says the survey by German dating website www.parship.de.

On average couples who live together spend 102 minutes talking to each other per day.

Most of the chats are face to face with 14 minutes on the phone, seven minutes on social websites like Facebook and six minutes in message services like email, texts, and Skype.