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The Catalan language originated from Vulgar Latin in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain.It diverged from the other Romance languages in the 9th century. [1] At that time, Catalan spread quickly throughout the Iberian peninsula when the Catalan counts conquered Muslim territory. [1]
Between 1959 and 1974 Spain experienced the second-fastest economic expansion in the world known as the Spanish Miracle, and Catalonia prospered as Spain's most important industrial and tourist area. In 1975 Franco died, bringing his regime to an end, and the new democratic Spanish constitution of 1978 recognised Catalonia's autonomy and language.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Western Romance language "Catala" redirects here. For the ship, see SS Catala. For the surname, see Catalá. Catalan Valencian català valencià Pronunciation [kətəˈla] (N, C & B) / [kataˈla] (NW & A) [valensiˈa] (V) Native to Andorra Spain France Italy Region Southern Europe ...
Barranquenho (spoken in the town of Barrancos, near Portuguese–Spanish border; recognized and protected) Minderico (only spoken in the town of Minde) Spain: Spanish (also called Castilian, official recognition) Spanish Sign Language (official recognition) Catalan (official recognition; called Valencian in the Valencian Community).
The standard Spanish language is also called Castilian in its original variant, and in order to distinguish it from other languages native to parts of Spain, such as Galician, Catalan, Basque, etc. In its earliest documented form, and up through approximately the 15th century, the language is customarily called Old Spanish .
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 massive immigration also contributed to the gradual decline of the specifically Catalan culture of Barcelona—while the use of Catalan in private was tolerated in the later years of the dictatorship, the immigrants to Barcelona spoke only Spanish. Catalan language education was unavailable, even if there had been any social pressure to ...