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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. [1] Many other languages are spoken in Catalonia as a result of recent immigration from all over the world.
Catalan (català) is a Western Romance language.It is the official language of Andorra, [2] 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).
Although not considered an "official language" in the same way as Catalan, Spanish, and Occitan, the Catalan Sign Language, with about 18,000 users in Catalonia, [186] is granted official recognition and support: "The public authorities shall guarantee the use of Catalan sign language and conditions of equality for deaf people who choose to use ...
In Catalonia, Spanish is the native language of the majority of the population (55%), Catalan is the native language of 31.6%, and 3.8% consider both as their native language, according to a study done in 2008 by the government of Catalonia. [6]
The main language in Catalonia is Catalan. Although Spanish is the most common language and almost everyone is bilingual, Catalan is the main language outside Barcelona.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. People from Catalonia and Northern Catalonia For other uses, see Catalan (disambiguation). Ethnic group Catalans [a] Total population c. 9 million Regions with significant populations Spain (people born in Catalonia of any ethnicity; excludes ethnic Catalans in other regions in Spain ...
In a victory for millions of Spaniards who speak a language other than Spanish, the European nation's Parliament allowed its national legislators to use Catalan, Basque and Galician for the first ...
The majority of languages of Spain [4] belong to the Romance language family, of which Spanish is the only one with official status in the whole country. [5] [6] Others, including Catalan (in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands) and Galician (in Galicia), enjoy official status in their respective autonomous regions, similar to Basque in the northeast of the country (a non-Romance ...