Catalan ( / ˈkætələn, - æn, ˌkætəˈlæn /; [3] [4] autonym: català, Eastern Catalan: [kətəˈla] ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as Valencian ( autonym: valencià ), is a Western Romance language.
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Catalonia (/ ˌ k æ t ə ˈ l oʊ n i ə /; Catalan: Catalunya...
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Catalans (Catalan, French and Occitan: catalans; Spanish:...
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The Occitano-Romance or Gallo-Narbonnese (Catalan: llengües...
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The Romance language family (simplified). Western Romance...
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The Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears [ˈiʎəz...
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History of Catalan. The Catalan language originated from Vulgar Latin in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain. It diverged from the other Romance languages in the 9th century. [1] At that time, Catalan spread quickly throughout the Iberian peninsula when the Catalan counts conquered Muslim territory. [1]
The Catalan Wikipedia ( Catalan: Viquipèdia en català) is the Catalan-language edition of the Wikipedia free online encyclopedia. It was created on March 16, 2001, just a few minutes after the first non- English Wikipedia, the German edition.
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There are about 4 million people who speak Catalan as a first language and about 6 million people as a second language. Catalan is the sixth-most-spoken Romance language and also the most-spoken language that is not an official language in the European Union .
Catalan Countries. The Catalan Countries ( Catalan: Països Catalans, Eastern Calatan: [pəˈizus kətəˈlans]) are those territories where the Catalan language is spoken. [1] [2] They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, and parts of Aragon ( La Franja) and Murcia ( Carche ), [3] as well as the ...