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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Indo-European |
| Branch: Romance |
| Continent: Europe |
| Country: France |
| Region: Northeastern Spain, around Barcelona; Catalonia, Valencia provinces, Balearic Islands, region of Carche, Murcia Province. Menorquin is on Menorca. Pallarese, a subdialect of Northwestern Catalan, is in Pallars. Ribagorçan, another subdialect extends from the Valley of Aran to the south of Tamarit, and from the Noguera Ribagorçana to the border with Aragonese. Also spoken in Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela. |
| Countries Where Spoken: Spain, Andorra, France, Italy |
| Countries Where Official: Andorra, Spain |
| Native Speakers: 6,472,828 |
| Speakers Total: 6,667,328 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 7 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 7 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 20 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 44 |
| Three Letter Code: CAT |
| Alternative Names: Català, Català-Valencià-Balear, Catalonian, Catalan |
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| Summary: Official regional language. 5,000,000 second- or third-language speakers in Spain (1994 La Generalitat de Catalunya). All domains. All ages. Speakers also use Spanish, French, Italian, Sard, or Occitan. Literacy rate in first language: 60%. Literacy rate in second language: 96%. The high literacy in Catalan (60%) is recent. Pallarese and Ribogorçan speakers have less education, less contact with the standard, and live in high valleys of the Pyrenees. Some Valencian speakers desire separate literature. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1478–1993. Christian, secular. |
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