Catalan

E5109

Catalan is a Romance language spoken primarily in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and parts of eastern Spain and southern France.

All labels observed (21)

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language
language
ancestor Vulgar Latin
closelyRelatedTo French
Occitan
Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language

Spanish
coOfficialIn Alghero
Aragon (La Franja)
linked to: Aragon

Balearic Islands
Catalonia
Valencian Community
countryWhereCoOfficial Spain
countryWhereOfficial Andorra
hasDialect Alguerese Catalan
linked to: Catalan

Balearic
linked to: Balearic Islands

Central Catalan
linked to: Catalan

Northwestern Catalan
linked to: Catalan

Roussillonese Catalan
linked to: Catalan

Valencian
hasGrammaticalFeature definite articles el and la
subject–verb–object basic word order
two grammatical genders
hasPhonologicalFeature vowel reduction in unstressed syllables (in many dialects)
hasStandardForm Standard Catalan
linked to: Catalan

Standard Valencian
linked to: Catalan
ISO639-1Code ca
ISO639-2Code cat
ISO639-3Code cat
languageFamily Indo-European languages
primaryRegion Alghero
Andorra
Balearic Islands
Catalonia
Roussillon
linked to: Occitanie

Valencian Community
eastern Aragon
linked to: Aragon
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn France
Italy
Sardinia
regulator Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua
Institut d’Estudis Catalans
spokenIn Andorra
France
Italy
Sardinia
Spain
subfamily Gallo-Romance languages
Occitano-Romance languages
Western Romance languages
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Claude hasLanguage Catalan
Vulgar Latin influenced Catalan
Catalan hasDialect Central Catalan
linked to: Catalan
Catalan hasDialect Northwestern Catalan
linked to: Catalan
Catalan hasDialect Roussillonese Catalan
linked to: Catalan
Catalan hasDialect Alguerese Catalan
linked to: Catalan
Catalan hasStandardForm Standard Catalan
linked to: Catalan
Catalan hasStandardForm Standard Valencian
linked to: Catalan
Latin influenced Catalan
Barcelona officialLanguage Catalan
Gabriel usedInLanguage Catalan
Valencia officialLanguage Valencian
linked to: Catalan
Valencia demonym Valencian
linked to: Catalan
Andorra officialLanguage Catalan
Sermo Vulgaris ancestorOf Catalan
Occitanie regionalLanguage Catalan
Occitan closelyRelatedTo Catalan
Occitan sharesFeatureWith Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
Sardinia recognizedRegionalLanguage Catalan (Algherese)
linked to: Catalan
Ibero-Romance languages hasMajorLanguage Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
Ibiza officialLanguage Catalan
subject linked to: Ibiza, Spain
Ibiza languageVariant Ibizan Catalan (Eivissenc)
subject linked to: Ibiza, Spain
linked to: Catalan
Pol usedInLanguage Catalan
Minorca officialLanguage Catalan
Mallorca officialLanguage Catalan
Aragonese language closelyRelatedTo Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
Balearic Islands regionalLanguage Balearic Catalan
linked to: Catalan
Aragon coOfficialLanguage Catalan
Nicholas hasLanguageOfUse Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
Pablo hasLanguageOfUse Catalan
Emma usedInLanguage Catalan
Gallo-Romance languages hasPart Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
Gallo-Romance languages majorLanguage Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
Institut d’Estudis Catalans officialLanguageRegulated Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
Institut d’Estudis Catalans writingSystemStandardized Catalan alphabet
linked to: Catalan
Santpedor officialLanguage Catalan
subject linked to: Santpedor, Spain
Alghero localVariantOfCatalan Algherese Catalan
linked to: Catalan
Antoni usedInLanguage Catalan
Paula usedInLanguage Catalan
Kingdom of Valencia hasOfficialLanguage Valencian
linked to: Catalan