Catalan

A language of Spain

Location

Aragon, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, and Valencia autonomous communities; Murcia autonomous community: Carche region.

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Andorra

Language NameCatalan

User Population

30,000 in Andorra (2005 census).

Alternate Names

Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Català

Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1993, Constitution, Article 2(1)).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%.

Other Comments

Christian.

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Argentina

Language NameCatalan

User Population

198,000 in Argentina (2018), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Cuba

Language NameCatalan

User Population

3,500 in Cuba (2004).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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France

Language NameCatalan

User Population

126,000 in France (2013).

Location

Occitania region: Pyrenees-Orientales department.

Alternate Names

Català

Language Status

5 (Dispersed). Recognized language (2013, No. 595), education.

Language Use

Used by all.

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Italy

Language NameCatalan

User Population

7,480 in Italy (Argenter 2008).

Location

Sardinia region: Sassari province, Alghero city.

Alternate Names

Algherese Catalan, Català

Dialects

Alghero (Algherese).

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Language Use

Most shifting to Italian [ita]. Also use Logudorese Sardinian [src].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Once part of the ancient Arago-Catalan kingdom, now a linguistic enclave in the municipality of Alghero (Argenter 2008).

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Mexico

Language NameCatalan

User Population

64,000 in Mexico (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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United States

Language NameCatalan

User Population

2,330 in United States (2015 census). Language identified in census as Catalonian.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Language Use

Most shifting to English [eng].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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