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Catalan language

Catalan: Official language of the Republic of Andorra. Catalan language is primarily spoken in North-Eastern part of Spain.

Number of Catalan Speakers: Linguistic domain: Catalonia (Catalunya) covering 10.5 million people, including 6.4 million mother tongue speakers and 5 million more Catalan speakers in Spain, and about half million in North Catalonia (South of France).

Catalan Speakers: Catalan is spoken in Spain, Andorra, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, Italy, and southern France.

Language Classification: Indo-European, Ibero Romance language first appeared in the 10th century.

Catalan Dialects: Two main dialects. Non-betacist dialects still exist.

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Catalan Alphabet: It is an amplified variety of the Latin alphabet containing 27 letters.

Catalan Orthography: Catalan language has even vowels.

Catalan Language History: Use of Catalan language prohibited from time to time especially after the civil war, especially during dictator Franco's time.

Catalan Language Enriched by: Spanish.

Catalan Standardization Efforts: Normalization efforts intensified after Franco.

Unique Features of Catalan: Many features are similar to Spanish.

Catalan language characteristics and orthography are examined in detail at Pauli Bellet Foundation web site.

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