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1 day ago · Many mistakenly believe that Catalan is merely a mix of Iberian dialects and French. In reality, Catalan is a distinct and ancient language, closely related to the Occitan languages of southern France and northern Italy. It is an autonomous language with several dialects of its own. The primary dialects of Catalan can be divided into two major ...
Aug 31, 2024 · Catalan language, Romance language spoken in eastern and northeastern Spain—chiefly in Catalonia and Valencia—and in the Balearic Islands. It is also spoken in the Roussillon region of France, in Andorra (where it is the official language), and in the city of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. Catalan is.
2 days ago · Catalan is characterized by final-obstruent devoicing, lenition, and voicing assimilation; a set of 7 to 8 phonemic vowels, vowel assimilations (including vowel harmony), many phonetic diphthongs, and vowel reduction, whose precise details differ between dialects.
2 days ago · Catalan (autonym: català, for pronunciation see below) is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, [4] and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, where it is called Valencian (autonym: valencià).
2 days ago · While the distinction between these two sounds has traditionally been a feature of Castilian Spanish, this merger has spread throughout most of Spain in recent generations, particularly outside of regions in close linguistic contact with Catalan and Basque. [146]
Aug 24, 2024 · The oldest known Catalan symbol is the coat of arms of the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona, or bars of Aragon, one of Europe's oldest heraldic emblems; in modern times, Catalan nationalists have made it the main symbol of Catalan identity and it is even associated with the Catalan language.
Aug 15, 2024 · The UC Berkeley Library has a long history of collecting materials in Catalan with the strengths in literature, philology, history, and politics. Materials are mostly located in the Gardner (Main) Stacks but also in subject specialty libraries like Anthropology, Art History/Classics, Music, Environmental Design, and the Media Resources Center.
