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Catalan (/ˈkætəlæn/;autonym: català [kətəˈla] or [kataˈla]) is a Romance language named for its origins in Catalonia, in what is northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France. It is the national and only official language of Andorra, and a co-official language of the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and Valencia (where the language is known as Valencian, and there exist regional standards). It also has semi-official status in the city of Alghero on the Italian island of Sardinia. It is also spoken with no official recognition in parts of the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon (La Franja) and Murcia (Carche), and in the historic French region of Roussillon/Northern Catalonia, roughly equivalent to the department of Pyrénées-Orientales.
According to the Statistical Institute of Catalonia in 2008 the Catalan language is the second most commonly used in Catalonia, after Spanish, as a native or self-defining language. The Generalitat of Catalunya spends part of its annual budget on the promotion of the use of Catalan in Catalonia and in other territories.
The Romance languages, (sometimes called the Latin languages, and occasionally the Romanic or Neo-Latin languages) are the modern languages that evolved from spoken Latin between the sixth and ninth centuries A.D. and that thus form a branch of the Italic languages within the Indo-European language family.
Today, around 800 million people are native speakers worldwide, mainly in Europe and the Americas, but also elsewhere. Additionally, the major Romance languages have many non-native speakers and enjoy widespread use as lingua francas. This is especially the case for French, which is in widespread use throughout Central and West Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Maghreb region.
The five most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are Spanish (410 million), Portuguese (216 million), French (75 million), Italian (60 million), and Romanian (25 million).
Because of the difficulty of imposing boundaries on a continuum, various counts of the Romance languages are given; Dalby lists 23 based on mutual intelligibility:
Catalan may refer to:
Did you know that in Catalonia (Catalunya) there are 2 official languages? Locals speak both Spanish (Castellano) and Catalan. You'll be able to get by just fine with Spanish, but learning a few key phrases in Catalan will really help you win the hearts of locals. Here are 10 phrases we think you should learn if you are going to study abroad in Barcelona. To learn more about how you can study or intern in Barcelona, visit http://barcelonasae.com today!
Get a free Catalan lesson with italki: http://promos.italki.com/wikitongues_cat My name is Ona and I'm from Mallorca. It's hard for me to explain where I'm from. And it's not because I had lived in a lot places. I've actually lived most of my life, if not all of it, in Mallorca in a city called Alcudia, and I haven't lived anywhere else. But for me home it's something more than where you grow up, but a place that connects with who you are and where you feel more comfortable. And I always had this dilemma... I'm someone meant to live in a city. I need a big city with a lot of space, with no schedules and a lot of people and I guess that's why from a very young age I've been obsessed with New York. But at the same time I grew up in a family where I've been told that how important it is to h...
► Learn a Romance language with a native speaker today: http://go.italki.com/1Ojye8x (italki voucher) What are the Romance Languages? This is a mini documentary about the Romance Languages, their history and how they developed, and their importance in today`s world. The question of the day for Romance language speakers: Can you understand other Romance languages when you hear them? How easily can you communicate with speakers of those languages? Support Langfocus on Patreon: http://patreon.com/langfocus http://facebook.com/langfocus http://instagram.com/langfocus http://twitter.com/langfocus http://langfocus.com Music: "Causin Havoc" by The Passion HiFi; "Harlem Incident" by The Passion HiFi; "Voodoo Like You Do" by Huma-Huma.
In this video, the writer Marius Serra reflects about the current situation of the Catalan language and how this would be affected by the existence of an independent Catalan state. In a brilliant and brave way, Serra gives his opinion about these issues and his vision for the country.
*** For the second language, the audio can't be heard properly through smartphone speakers. Please listen with headphones, or on your computer. The reason is as much of a mystery as the languages!*** * My apologies for using an incorrect flag in the video. There is no political intention behind it (I never do anything with political intention.). * **SPOILERS AHEAD** This is the third installment in the "Mystery Languages" series. Can you guess all three out of three? Listen to samples of a language, then see samples of the language, and try to guess what language it is! Support Langfocus on Patreon: http://patreon.com/langfocus Special thanks to: Brandon Gonzalez, Ruben Sanchez, BJ Peter DeLaCruz, Michael Cuomo, Eric Garland, Brian Michalowski, Sebastian Langshaw, Yixin Alfred Wang, V...
Shakira habla cinco idiomas diferentes: francés, inglés, español, italiano y portugués. The colombian singer Shakira speaking in french, english, spanish, italian and portuguese. A cantora colombiana Shakira falando em cinco línguas diferentes: francês, inglês, espanhol, italiano e português.
Pep Guardiola, FC Barcelona coach, explains what he feels regarding his country, Catalonia, and its language. CATALONIA IS NOT SPAIN
Did you know that in Catalonia (Catalunya) there are 2 official languages? Locals speak both Spanish (Castellano) and Catalan. You'll be able to get by just fine with Spanish, but learning a few key phrases in Catalan will really help you win the hearts of locals. Here are 10 phrases we think you should learn if you are going to study abroad in Barcelona. To learn more about how you can study or intern in Barcelona, visit http://barcelonasae.com today!
Get a free Catalan lesson with italki: http://promos.italki.com/wikitongues_cat My name is Ona and I'm from Mallorca. It's hard for me to explain where I'm from. And it's not because I had lived in a lot places. I've actually lived most of my life, if not all of it, in Mallorca in a city called Alcudia, and I haven't lived anywhere else. But for me home it's something more than where you grow up, but a place that connects with who you are and where you feel more comfortable. And I always had this dilemma... I'm someone meant to live in a city. I need a big city with a lot of space, with no schedules and a lot of people and I guess that's why from a very young age I've been obsessed with New York. But at the same time I grew up in a family where I've been told that how important it is to h...
► Learn a Romance language with a native speaker today: http://go.italki.com/1Ojye8x (italki voucher) What are the Romance Languages? This is a mini documentary about the Romance Languages, their history and how they developed, and their importance in today`s world. The question of the day for Romance language speakers: Can you understand other Romance languages when you hear them? How easily can you communicate with speakers of those languages? Support Langfocus on Patreon: http://patreon.com/langfocus http://facebook.com/langfocus http://instagram.com/langfocus http://twitter.com/langfocus http://langfocus.com Music: "Causin Havoc" by The Passion HiFi; "Harlem Incident" by The Passion HiFi; "Voodoo Like You Do" by Huma-Huma.
In this video, the writer Marius Serra reflects about the current situation of the Catalan language and how this would be affected by the existence of an independent Catalan state. In a brilliant and brave way, Serra gives his opinion about these issues and his vision for the country.
*** For the second language, the audio can't be heard properly through smartphone speakers. Please listen with headphones, or on your computer. The reason is as much of a mystery as the languages!*** * My apologies for using an incorrect flag in the video. There is no political intention behind it (I never do anything with political intention.). * **SPOILERS AHEAD** This is the third installment in the "Mystery Languages" series. Can you guess all three out of three? Listen to samples of a language, then see samples of the language, and try to guess what language it is! Support Langfocus on Patreon: http://patreon.com/langfocus Special thanks to: Brandon Gonzalez, Ruben Sanchez, BJ Peter DeLaCruz, Michael Cuomo, Eric Garland, Brian Michalowski, Sebastian Langshaw, Yixin Alfred Wang, V...
Shakira habla cinco idiomas diferentes: francés, inglés, español, italiano y portugués. The colombian singer Shakira speaking in french, english, spanish, italian and portuguese. A cantora colombiana Shakira falando em cinco línguas diferentes: francês, inglês, espanhol, italiano e português.
Pep Guardiola, FC Barcelona coach, explains what he feels regarding his country, Catalonia, and its language. CATALONIA IS NOT SPAIN
http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/300/la-llengua/video/5334311/ Antoni Tortajada explains various everyday stories that allow us to see what happened to the language of Catalonia in the last three hundred years. The question is: how is that three hundred years later the Catalans still speak Catalan? After 1714, the new Spanish government launched a project to unify the whole with a single language, Spanish. But at that time in Catalonia practically only Catalan was spoken. In 1786, Judge Francisco Zamora scoured Catalonia with an order of King Charles III to determine whether the measures that had been dictated to achieve that goal had taken effect or not. In the mid-nineteenth century, the language of the country was changing. The classes had taken Spanish as usual language and the impos...
http://thepolyglotdream.com/2012/05/28/the-secret-to-living-in-catalonia-amir-interviews-luca-about-his-experience-in-spain/ Amir interviews Luca about his experience in Barcelona, they discuss about the ongoing "political war" between Catalan and Spanish, the various accents within the spanish word and the relationship between the "old" and the "new" world ..and many other things
Mallafrè, Joaquim, January 15, 2005 Lecture: Translation and the Catalan language
This is the Catalan and English version WITH English Subtitles! This got taken down from the website i originally watched it on but luckily i downloaded it beforehand, so i m uploading it on here so that others ca enjoy it too! This version took me so long to find and SO long to upload so please please please don't take it down YouTube!!
This documentary tries to approach the real situation in Catalonia throughout recent historical events, to explain what is going on there so we can understand the causes and reasons why the Catalan people wants to get independence from Spain. Subtítols en Català: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65dkCds920I
Catalan (/ˈkætəlæn/; autonym: català [kətəˈɫa] or [kataˈɫa]) is a Romance language named for its origins in Catalonia, in what is northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France. It is the national and only official language of Andorra, and a co-official language of the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where the language is known as Valencian, and there exist regional standards). It also has semi-official status in the city of Alghero on the Italian island of Sardinia. It is also spoken with no official recognition in parts of the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon (La Franja) and Murcia (Carche), and in the historic French region of Roussillon/Northern Catalonia, roughly equivalent to the department of Pyrénées-Oriental...
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Catalonia is a prosperous region in the northeast of Spain, a state formed by 17 territories and two cities, partially autonomous, governed by the Statute of Autonomy. That's part of the Spanish constitution which establishes the limits of self-rule for each region. But Catalonian history dates back to the days before Spain was even a nation. The Catalonian national identity has survived throughout the centuries, including persecution during the military government of Francisco Franco from 1938 to 1973. At that time, speaking Catalan, or any other language that wasn't Spanish, was considered a crime. After Franco, Catalonia recovered its cultural autonomy and partial political control. Catalan was, once again, freely spoken and the Catalonian flag, one of the oldest in Europe, could w...
An informal conversation of personal perceptions of Catalonia held at Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny de Vic between Matthew Tree, Victor Sunol, Toni Coromines & Duncan Marwick with translation by Marian Masoliver. Recorded on April 23rd 2015 - St Jorgi's Day
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