Catalan

E5109

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

All labels observed (21)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inca hasLanguage Catalan
Sóller language Catalan
Joaquim usedInLanguage Catalan
VLG airlinePrimaryLanguage Catalan
Nico usedInLanguage Catalan
Valldemossa officialLanguage Catalan
Baltasar usedIn Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan language
Andratx officialLanguage Catalan
Manuel Valls languageSpoken Catalan
Perpignan regionalLanguage Catalan
Cala Millor language Catalan
Cala d'Or languageUsed Catalan
Port de Pollença language Catalan
Silvia hasLanguageOfUse Catalan
Portbou officialLanguage Catalan
IEC languageOfWorkOrName Catalan
subject surface form: Institut d’Estudis Catalans
Normes ortogràfiques appliesTo Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan language
Diccionari de la llengua catalana subject Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan language
coat of arms of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans symbolizes Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan language
Butlletí de l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans subject Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan language
Gramàtica de la llengua catalana describesNormsOf Catalan
this entity surface form: standard Catalan
Gramàtica de la llengua catalana topic Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan standard language
Jaume origin Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan language
Manresa officialLanguage Catalan
Roussillonnais Catalan subclassOf Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan language
Roussillonnais Catalan closeTo Catalan
this entity surface form: Standard Catalan
Terrassa officialLanguage Catalan
Lluchmajor, Mallorca, Spain officialLanguage Catalan
subject surface form: Lluchmajor
Blanca hasLanguage Catalan
Catalan Wikinews language Catalan
Marcel hasLanguage Catalan
Furs of Valencia language Catalan
this entity surface form: Valencian
Justícia de València languageOfWorkOrName Catalan
this entity surface form: Valencian
Raymond languageOfUse Catalan
Castells hasLanguageContext Catalan
Ioan hasLanguageOfUse Catalan
Pope Callixtus III languageSpoken Catalan
this entity surface form: Valencian
Pityusic Islands regionalLanguageVariant Catalan
this entity surface form: Ibizan Catalan
Eastern Iberian Peninsula historicalLanguageRegionOf Catalan
this entity surface form: Catalan language
Eastern Iberian Peninsula historicalLanguageRegionOf Catalan
this entity surface form: Valencian language