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There are four languages with official status in Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain): Catalan; Spanish, which is official throughout Spain; Aranese, a dialect of Occitan spoken in the Aran Valley; and Catalan Sign Language.
According to the Statistical Institute of Catalonia, in 2013 the Catalan language is the second most commonly used in Catalonia, after Spanish, as a native or self-defining language: 7% of the population self-identifies with both Catalan and Spanish equally, 36.4% with Catalan and 47.5% only Spanish. [50]
Feb 20, 2020 · There are over 9 million people in the world who can speak Catalan, with more than 4 million speaking it as a native language, according to official census data. Catalan is spoken natively in parts of Spain (in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands ), France (in the area of the Pyrénées-Orientales), Andorra and even Italy.
May 5, 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 -speaking regions of Europe. According to the linguistic census held by the Government of Catalonia in 2013, Spanish is the most spoken language in Catalonia (46.53% claim Spanish as "their own language"), followed by Catalan (37.26% claim Catalan as "their own language").
Mar 3, 2023 · Catalan is one of 3 official languages in the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia (along with Spanish and Occitan), whereas Catalan has no official status within France (although it has recognition at the regional level). 1747 La Feuille Map of Catalonia and parts of Roussillon, found via Wikimedia.
Sep 24, 2015 · Catalan is spoken in Catalonia, but also in the Balearic Islands, in parts of Valencia, in Andorra, in the French province of Roussillon, and in the Italian city of Alghero. Overall, it is...
