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According to a 2008 survey, in everyday use, 45.9% of the population usually spoke Spanish, while 35.6% usually employed Catalan, and 12% of the population used either language habitually. Over 45% of respondents used Spanish to address their parents. This is attributed to extensive migration from other areas in Spain during the second half of the ...

According to the linguistic census elaborated by the Government of Catalonia corresponding to 2008, 45.92% of citizens over 15 years old declared Spanish as their habitual language of use, versus 35.64% for Catalan, with 11.95% of complete bilinguals; a larger number claims Catalan as "their own language". Lastly, since the Statute of Autonomy of 1...

According to the government of Catalonia, Spanish, locally known as Castilian, is currently the most spoken language in Catalonia and especially in the Barcelona metropolitan area, as well as native language and usual language of many Catalan citizens. This language is widely prevalent in the press, cinema and in daily life. Spanish is the language...

According to the official government of Catalonia, Catalan is the second most spoken language of the region, after Spanish. It is the most spoken language in many comarques of Catalonia, with the exception of the Barcelona metropolitan area and Camp de Tarragona. Catalan is a compulsory subject in schools and enjoys equals rights with Spanish throu...

According to the 2001 Aranese Linguistic Census, knowledge of Aranese in the Occitan-speaking territory of Aran is as follows: Knowledge of Aranese Ability Individuals Percentage Understand 6,712 88.88% Speak 4,700 62.24% Read 4,413 58.44% Write 2,016 26.69% Compared to previous data from 1996, the number of those able to understand Aranese has dec...