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Catalan language

Catalan (català) is a Western Romance language that is native to the eastern Iberian Peninsula. It shares official status with Spanish in three autonomous communities in eastern Spain – Catalonia; the Balearic Islands; and the Valencian Community, where it is called Valencian (valencià) – and is the sole official language of Andorra. Catalan also has…

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Dialects
Catalan dialects
Early forms
Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Occitan Old Catalan · Proto-Romance Old Occitan Old Catalan · Old Occitan Old Catalan · Old Catalan
Ethnicity
Catalans, Valencians and others
Glottolog
stan1289
ISO 639-1
ca
ISO 639-2
cat

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History

Classification and relationship with other Romance languages

Geographic distribution

Phonology

Sociolinguistics

Vocabulary

Standards

Status of Valencian

Writing system

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Catalan language

Nodes270
Edges269
Triples110
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007407
Components1

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Catalan language

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related to Spain: 18th to 20th century · 30
Catalan language → Aran, Barcelona, Because, Catalan, Catalonia, Cerdaña, Corsica, France, French, French Ministry, Habsburg, He, Ibiza, In, Interior, Kingdom, Mallorca, Menorca, Napoleon, Roussillon
related to Writing system · 19
Catalan language → Antoni Maria Alcover, Barcelona October, Castelló, Catalan, Estudis Catalans, First International Congress, IEC, In, Institut, Latin, Normes, Philological Section, Plana, Pompeu Fabra, Pompeu Fabra's Catalan, Standardization, Subsequently, The Catalan, Valencian
Language family · 9
Catalan language → Catalan, Gallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan, ItalicLatino-FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan, Italo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan, Latino-FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan, LatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan, Occitano-RomanceCatalan, RomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan, Western RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan
Recognised minority language in · 7
Catalan language → Alghero (Sardinia), Carche, part of the Region of Murcia (as Valencian), La Franja, part of the community of Aragon, Pyrénées-Orientales, the French sub-region of: Pyrénées-Orientales, the Italian sub-region of: Alghero (Sardinia), the Spanish sub-regions of: La Franja, part of the community of Aragon Carche, part of the Region of Murcia (as Valencian)
related to Classification and relationship with other Romance languages · 6
Catalan language → Catalan, Iberian, One, Pèire Bèc, Romance, Western
Early forms · 4
Catalan language → Old Catalan, Old Occitan Old Catalan, Proto-Romance Old Occitan Old Catalan, Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Occitan Old Catalan
Native to · 4
Catalan language → Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Official language in · 3
Catalan language → Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencian Community (as Valencian)
Standard forms · 2
Catalan language → Catalan, Valencian
Writing system · 2
Catalan language → Catalan Braille, Latin (Catalan alphabet)

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catalan spanish language valencian catalonia western languages dialects french romance also use italian eastern latin speakers spain century balearic words

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Catalan languageDialectsCatalan dialects1.00infobox
Catalan languageEarly formsVulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Occitan Old Catalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageEarly formsProto-Romance Old Occitan Old Catalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageEarly formsOld Occitan Old Catalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageEarly formsOld Catalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageEthnicityCatalans, Valencians and others1.00infobox
Catalan languageGlottologstan12891.00infobox
Catalan languageISO 639-1ca1.00infobox
Catalan languageISO 639-2cat1.00infobox
Catalan languageISO 639-3cat1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyItalicLatino-FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyLatino-FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyWestern RomanceGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyGallo-Romance[a]Occitano-RomanceCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyOccitano-RomanceCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLanguage familyCatalan1.00infobox
Catalan languageLinguasphere51-AAA-e1.00infobox
Catalan languageNative toAndorra1.00infobox
Catalan languageNative toFrance1.00infobox
Catalan languageNative toItaly1.00infobox
Catalan languageNative toSpain1.00infobox
Catalan languageOfficial language inBalearic Islands1.00infobox
Catalan languageOfficial language inCatalonia1.00infobox
Catalan languageOfficial language inValencian Community (as Valencian)1.00infobox
Catalan languagePronunciation[kətəˈla] ⓘ (N, C & B) / [kataˈla] ⓘ (NW & A) [valensiˈa] ⓘ (V)1.00infobox
Catalan languageRecognised minority language inthe Italian sub-region of: Alghero (Sardinia)1.00infobox
Catalan languageRecognised minority language inAlghero (Sardinia)1.00infobox

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