Back Katalaans Afrikaans Katalanische Sprache ALS ካታላንኛ Amharic Idioma catalán AN Catalan sprǣc ANG कैटलन भाषा ANP اللغة الكتالونية Arabic كاتالانى ARZ Idioma catalán AST Katalan dili Azerbaijani
| Catalan | |
|---|---|
| Valencian | |
| català valencià | |
| Pronunciation | [kətəˈla] (N, C & B) / [kataˈla] (NW & A) [valensiˈa] (V) |
| Native to | |
| Region | Southern Europe |
| Speakers | L1: 4.1 million (2012)[1] L2: 5.1 million Total: 9.2 million |
Early forms | |
| Latin (Catalan alphabet) Catalan Braille | |
| Signed Catalan | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | |
Recognised minority language in | 3 sub-regions or areas
|
| Regulated by | Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua (AVL) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ca |
| ISO 639-2 | cat |
| ISO 639-3 | cat |
| Glottolog | stan1289 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-e |
 Territories where Catalan/Valencian is spoken and is official Territories where Catalan/Valencian is spoken but is not official Territories where Catalan/Valencian is not historically spoken but is official | |
 Standard Catalan is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[2] | |
Catalan (autonym: català, for pronunciation see below or infobox) is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra,[3] and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, where it is called Valencian (valencià). It has semi-official status in the Italian comune of Alghero,[4] and it is spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the Països Catalans or "Catalan Countries".[5]
The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. Nineteenth-century Spain saw a Catalan literary revival,[6][7] culminating in the early 1900s.
- ^ Catalan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "World Atlas of Languages: Standard Catalan". en.wal.unesco.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Wheeler 2010, p. 191.
- ^ Minder, Raphael (21 November 2016). "Italy's Last Bastion of Catalan Language Struggles to Keep It Alive". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "els Països Catalans". enciclopèdia.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Wheeler 2010, pp. 190–191.
- ^ Costa Carreras & Yates 2009, pp. 6–7.
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