Catalan

E5109

Catalan is a Romance language spoken primarily in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and parts of eastern Spain and southern France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language
language
ancestor Vulgar Latin
closelyRelatedTo French
Occitan
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Spanish
coOfficialIn Alghero
Aragon
surface form: Aragon (La Franja)

Balearic Islands
Catalonia
Valencian Community
countryWhereCoOfficial Spain
countryWhereOfficial Andorra
hasDialect Catalan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alguerese Catalan

Balearic Islands
surface form: Balearic

Catalan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Catalan

Catalan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northwestern Catalan

Catalan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roussillonese Catalan

Valencian
hasGrammaticalFeature definite articles el and la
subject–verb–object basic word order
two grammatical genders
hasPhonologicalFeature vowel reduction in unstressed syllables (in many dialects)
hasStandardForm Catalan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Standard Catalan

Catalan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Standard Valencian
ISO639-1Code ca
ISO639-2Code cat
ISO639-3Code cat
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
primaryRegion Alghero
Andorra
Balearic Islands
Catalonia
Occitanie
surface form: Roussillon

Valencian Community
Aragon
surface form: eastern Aragon
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn France
Italy
Sardinia
regulator Institut d’Estudis Catalans
surface form: Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua

Institut d’Estudis Catalans
spokenIn Andorra
France
Italy
Sardinia
Spain
subfamily Gallo-Romance languages
Gallo-Romance languages
surface form: Occitano-Romance languages

Ibero-Romance languages
surface form: Western Romance languages
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Jorba officialLanguage Catalan
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Olvan officialLanguage Catalan
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Montmajor officialLanguage Catalan
Sagàs officialLanguage Catalan
Fígols officialLanguage Catalan
Gisclareny officialLanguage Catalan
Centelles officialLanguage Catalan
Taradell officialLanguage Catalan
Folgueroles officialLanguage Catalan
Calldetenes officialLanguage Catalan
Oristà officialLanguage Catalan
Lluçà officialLanguage Catalan
Malla officialLanguage Catalan
Montesquiu officialLanguage Catalan
Tavertet officialLanguage Catalan
Sitges officialLanguage Catalan
La Llagosta officialLanguage Catalan
Bagà officialLanguage Catalan
Sobremunt officialLanguage Catalan
Canovelles officialLanguage Catalan
Gràcia officialLanguage Catalan
Ullastrell officialLanguage Catalan