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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]
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 ...
In the 20th century, Catalonia enjoyed and lost varying degrees of autonomy. The Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939) established Catalan self-government and the official use of the Catalan language. Like much of Spain, Catalonia (which, in turn, expererienced a revolutionary process) fought to defend the Republic in the Civil War of
Catalonia constitutes the original nucleus where Catalan is spoken. The Catalan language shares common traits with the Romance languages of Iberia and Gallo-Romance languages of southern France, it is regarded by a minority of linguists as being an Ibero-Romance language (the group that includes Spanish), and by a majority as a Gallo-Romance ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 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 ...
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).
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 ...
In time, Catalan became more tied to the Ibero-Romance languages in Spain; because these languages are significantly more conservative than French (which has been the most important influence over Occitan in the last several hundred years), most of the differences between Catalan and Occitan are due to developments in Occitan that did not occur ...