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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).
The Catalan Countries (Catalan: Països Catalans, Eastern Catalan: [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 and Murcia (), [3] as well as the Principality of Andorra, the department of Pyrénées-Orientales (aka Northern Catalonia ...
According to the official government of Catalonia, Catalan is the second most spoken language of the region, after Spanish (over 35% of Catalans use exclusively Catalan as their first language, while 11% of Catalans use equally both Catalan and Spanish).
Welcome to WikiProject Catalan-speaking countries!Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the countries and territories where the Catalan language is spoken: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, Andorra and other adjacent areas (Northern Catalonia, La Franja, El Carxe and L'Alguer).
Most signage in Andorra is in Catalan. Catalan is the only official language of Andorra. [5] It is also the historical and traditional language of the country used by government, television, radio, and other national media and is the main language of all the people living in the territory of Andorran nationality, who constitute 44% of the total population. [4]
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").
Additionally, within Spain Catalan is also spoken, though not official, in the easternmost part of Aragon (known as La Franja) [9] and in the region of El Carche, in the northeastern region of Murcia. In total, Catalan is the language spoken at home by approximately 4,452,000 Spanish citizens.
Catalan is the official language of Andorra. In Spain, it is co-official with Spanish in Catalonia, the Valencian Community (under the name Valencian), and the Balearic Islands, and it is recognized, but not official, in an area of Aragon known as La Franja.