Mallorquí

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Mallorquí is a regional variety of the Catalan language traditionally spoken in parts of the island of Mallorca, including the area around Manacor.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan) 3
Balearic people 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language variety
dialect
regional variety of Catalan
associatedWith Mallorcan cultural identity
belongsToDialectGroup Eastern Catalan NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Eivissenc
Menorquí NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName mallorquí balear
mallorquí català
hasCulturalRole marker of local identity in Mallorca
vehicle of oral literature in Mallorca
hasFeature conservative phonetic traits typical of Balearic Catalan
distinct vowel system compared to Central Catalan
lexical items specific to Mallorca
presence of archaisms not common in mainland Catalan
use of article "es" instead of "el" in many contexts
hasLexicalTrait local agricultural and maritime vocabulary
hasMorphologicalTrait specific verb forms differing from Standard Catalan
hasPhonologicalTrait frequent reduction of unstressed vowels distinct from Central Catalan
hasSyntacticTrait use of particular clitic pronoun patterns
influencedBy Spanish language NERFINISHED
Standard Catalan NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf dialectological studies of Catalan
isUsedBy communities around Manacor
native speakers of Mallorca
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Catalan dialects
partOf Catalan language NERFINISHED
regionOfUse rural areas of Mallorca
urban areas of Mallorca
spokenIn Balearic Islands NERFINISHED
Mallorca NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
standardBasedOn Standard Catalan orthography NERFINISHED
standardLanguage Catalan NERFINISHED
status non-official variety of Catalan
subdialectOf Balearic Catalan NERFINISHED
traditionallySpokenIn Manacor area NERFINISHED
eastern Mallorca NERFINISHED
usedIn everyday informal communication in Mallorca
local oral traditions
popular music and folk songs
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (6)

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

Manacor hasLocalLanguageVariant Mallorquí
Andratx localLanguageVariant Mallorquí
this entity surface form: Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
Cala Millor regionalLanguage Mallorquí
Catalan people relatedEthnicity Mallorquí
this entity surface form: Balearic people
Lluchmajor, Mallorca, Spain usesLanguageVariety Mallorquí
subject surface form: Lluchmajor
this entity surface form: Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
Pollença usesLocalLanguageVariant Mallorquí
this entity surface form: Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)