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Catalan

Western Romance language

Languagelanguage modern language spoken languageQ7026

Also known as Valencian · Catalan-Valencian-Balearic · Català · Valencià · East Iberian · Catalan language

Speakers: 4,873,396(2021)
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1.llengua.gencat.cat/ca/detalls/noticia/LINE-publica-noves-dades-sobre-el-coneixement-i-us-del-catala
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, 4,079,420(2012)
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1.ethnologue.com/18/language/cat/
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, 5,100,000(2012)
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1.ethnologue.com/language/cat
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Subclass of: Occitano-Romance
Script: Catalan alphabet
, Catalan Braille
Indigenous to: Catalonia
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/18/language/cat/Retrieved 2019-01-13
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, Valencian Community
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/18/language/cat/Retrieved 2019-01-13
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, Balearic Islands
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/18/language/cat/Retrieved 2019-01-13
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Catalan is a Western Romance language that is native to the eastern Iberian Peninsula. It shares official status with Spanish in three autonomous communities in eastern Spain – Catalonia; the Balearic Islands; and the Valencian Community, where it is called Valencian – and is the sole official language of Andorra. Catalan also has semi-official status in Alghero, an Italian municipality in Sardinia, and is spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking regions are often called the Catalan Countries.

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Works in this language

562 linked to Catalan in Wikidata

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Loop Hero(2021)
Stacklands(2021)
Great Barrington Declaration(2020)
Phasmophobia(2020)
Spelunky 2(2020)
The Man Who Sold His Skin(2020)
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk(2020)
Boomerang Fu(2020)
Townscaper(2020)
Helltaker(2020)
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord(2020)
Mobilizon(2019)
Untitled Goose Game(2019)
What the Golf?(2019)
Sayonara Wild Hearts(2019)
Dicey Dungeons(2019)
Age of Wonders: Planetfall(2019)
A Short Hike(2019)
Milionària(2019)
Very Little Nightmares(2019)
Gato Roboto(2019)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice(2019)
Space Engineers(2019)
elia.eus(2019)
RimWorld(2018)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls(2018)
Minit(2018)
Rust(2018)
Celeste(2018)
Welcome to the Family(2018)
SCP: Secret Laboratory(2017)
Finding Paradise(2017)
Catalan declaration of independence(2017)
Law of transitional jurisprudence and foundation of the Republic(2017)
Dead Cells(2017)
Mindustry(2017)
PUBG: Battlegrounds(2017)
Hollow Knight(2017)
Òmnium Prize(2017)
SteamWorld Dig 2(2017)
El Salto(2017)
Law on the Referendum on Self-determination(2017)
LineageOS(2016)
Microsoft Teams(2016)
Pleroma(2016)
Aragami(2016)
Youtubers Life(2016)
Stellaris(2016)
Hyper Light Drifter(2016)
Dark Souls III(2016)
El Nacional(2016)
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight(2016)
Factorio(2016)
American Truck Simulator(2016)
Alan Rickman dies at 69 due to cancer(2016)
Delta Chat(2016)
Filosofia, ara!(2015)
November 2015 Paris attacks(2015)
Kingdom: Classic(2015)
Downwell(2015)
Jotun(2015)
Titan Souls(2015)
Please, Don't Touch Anything(2015)
Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes into French Alps, 150 on board(2015)
Islamic State execute 21 Coptic Christians held in Libya(2015)
Authors of the attack on Charlie Hebdo identified ongoing police operation(2015)
TheoTown(2015)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter(2014)
Pepper&Carrot(2014)
Shakira(2014)
Dark Souls II(2014)
Nuclear Throne(2014)
Banished(2014)
El Pony Pisador(2014)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth(2014)
Project Zomboid(2013)
Dolça Catalunya(2013)
Telegram(2013)
Papers, Please(2013)
Two people confirmed dead in Boston Marathon bombing(2013)
Pope Benedict XVI resigns effective February 28(2013)
OsmAnd(2013)
The Last Door(2013)
Proton Mail(2013)
Mega.io(2013)
Euro Truck Simulator 2(2012)
FTL: Faster Than Light(2012)
Nihilumbra(2012)
Fez(2012)
Wonder(2012)
Sports Connection(2012)
Microsoft Photos(2012)
Stardew Valley(2012)
To the Moon(2011)
Unepic(2011)
Dark Souls(2011)
Confessions(2011)
El Punt Avui(2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2(2011)
8.9 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, causes tsunami(2011)
Snap!(2011)
Ara(2010)
LibreOffice(2010)
Victoria II(2010)
Firefox for Android(2010)
VVVVVV(2010)
Pikara Magazine(2010)
HTTPS Everywhere(2010)
The Dark Mod(2009)
DeaDBeeF(2009)
CyanogenMod(2009)
Infidels(2009)
OpenMediaVault(2009)
Google Map Maker(2008)
Worldometer(2008)
Casanova(2008)
Chromium(2008)
Microsoft OneDrive(2007)
iOS(2007)
Filmin(2007)
Godot(2007)
Wii Sports(2006)
Vikidia(2006)
Marble(2006)
Widelands(2006)
Linkat(2006)
Declaration of Montreal(2006)
Spotify(2006)
Directa(2006)
Batiscafo Katiuscas(2006)
Polònia(2006)
ADN(2006)
Kingdom Hearts II(2005)
The Battle for Wesnoth(2005)
Joomla(2005)
Resolution concerning principles and criteria for protecting the name and identity of Valencian(2005)
7dies(2005)
Git(2005)
Google Scholar(2004)
DOOM 3(2004)
Alguna Pregunta Més?(2004)
Bondia(2004)
La Guerra de les Bruixes(2004)
Cafèambllet(2004)
Sokker(2004)
The Pirate Bay(2003)
Mojo!(2003)
Scribus(2003)
Rise of Nations(2003)
CDBurnerXP(2003)
El Mètode Grönholm(2003)
Memory Alpha(2003)
CKEditor(2003)
MyHeritage(2003)
Inkscape(2003)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker(2002)
Moodle(2002)
QGIS(2002)
AbiWord(2002)
El 9 esportiu(2002)
Terra(2002)
Sàpiens(2002)
Arena(2002)
Cold Skin(2002)
EuroBillTracker(2002)
Mupen64Plus(2001)
Psi(2001)
SPIP(2001)
0 A.D.(2001)
macOS(2001)
Catalan Wikipedia(2001)
Palestine(2001)
El Cor de la Ciutat(2000)
Cuina(2000)
Mantis Bug Tracker(2000)
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings(1999)
Plats bruts(1999)
Pokémon Pinball(1999)
Warzone 2100(1999)
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música(1999)
StarCraft(1998)
Gran Diccionari de la llengua catalana(1998)
Seven Kingdoms(1997)
El Periòdic d'Andorra(1997)
Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica(1997)
Strife(1996)
Final Doom(1996)
Nissaga de poder(1996)
Freeciv(1996)
lletraferit(1996)
Llengües Vives(1996)
Nació Digital(1995)
Vilaweb(1995)
Chrono Trigger(1995)
The IEC Dictionary of the Catalan Language(1995)
Heretic(1994)
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans(1994)
Betevé(1994)
Premi Carlemany(1994)
MemTest86(1994)
Enderrock(1993)
Constitution of Andorra(1993)
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos(1993)
La Marató de 3Cat(1992)
Amigos Para Siempre(1992)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past(1991)
Wonder Boy in Monster World(1991)
Diari d'Andorra(1991)
The Secret of Monkey Island(1990)
Boig per tot(1990)
Ho sento molt(1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure(1989)
GNU Bash(1989)
Onomasticon Cataloniae(1989)
Official Bulletin of the Principality of Andorra(1989)
VSI Group(1989)
Bobobobs(1988)
Maniac Mansion(1987)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World(1986)
Death in Spring(1986)
Barcelona Metròpolis(1986)
El Temps(1984)
Diari Segre(1982)
Ramon Llull Novel Award(1981)
War so much war(1980)
Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana(1980)
El Punt(1979)
Regió7(1978)
Premi de la Crítica de poesia catalana(1978)
El Periódico(1978)
Diari de Terrassa(1977)
Diari de Sabadell(1977)
L'Avenç(1977)
Història de la Marina Catalana(1977)
Avui(1976)
Saó(1976)
Mirall trencat(1974)
Homenatge a Teresa(1974)
Second origin typescript(1974)
Cant del Barça(1974)
Ot el bruixot(1971)
Prudenci Bertrana Prize(1968)
Lluc(1968)
Què volen aquesta gent?(1968)
Premi Josep Pla de narrativa(1968)
L'Estaca(1968)
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana(1968)
La, la, la(1968)
El carrer de les Camèlies(1966)
The Grey Notebook(1966)
Presència(1965)
Philémon(1965)
Catalan-Valencian-Balear dictionary(1963)
K.L. Reich(1963)
Nosaltres, els valencians(1962)
The Time of the Doves(1962)
Cavall Fort(1961)
Serra d'Or(1959)
Uncertain glory(1956)
Gold Letter(1956)
Revista de Girona(1955)
Costumari Català(1952)
Estudis Romànics(1947)
Collectanea botanica(1946)
Diari de Girona(1943)
Diari de Balears(1939)
La Mañana(1938)
La Humanitat(1931)
El Be Negre(1931)
Laura a la ciutat dels sants(1931)
Mort de dama(1931)
Diccionari General de la Llengua Catalana(1931)
El Matí(1929)
Joan Crexells award(1928)
Taula de Lletres Valencianes(1927)
El giravolt de maig(1927)
Amparito Roca(1925)
La Publicitat(1922)
El gran Carlemany(1921)
Cuca Fera(1917)
TBO(1917)
Ressorgiment(1916)
Vell i nou(1915)
Normes ortogràfiques(1913)
Pensat i Fet(1912)
The extraordinary adventures of Massagran(1910)
Himne de l'Exposició(1909)
L'auca del senyor Esteve(1907)
Feminal(1907)
La Santa Espina(1907)
La nacionalitat catalana(1906)
Josafat(1906)
Occitania(1905)
Art jove(1905)
Solitud(1905)
En Patufet(1904)
La Balanguera(1903)
¡Cu-Cut!(1902)
Joventut(1900)
La Veu de Catalunya(1899)
Els Segadors(1899)
L'Autonomista(1898)
Lo Mestre Titas(1897)
Terra baixa(1896)
Cant de la Senyera(1896)
L’Emigrant(1894)
La vaca cega(1893)
Sea & Sky(1888)
L'Escanyapobres(1884)
La Traca(1884)
Canigó(1884)
La Vanguardia(1881)
La Ilustració Catalana(1880)
Virolai de Montserrat(1880)
Diari Catalá(1879)
L'Atlàntida(1877)
The Pine of Formentor(1875)
La Llumanera de Nova York(1874)
L'Esquella de la Torratxa(1872)
La Renaixensa(1871)
La Campana de Gràcia(1870)
Lo Gay Saber(1868)
La Colcada(1863)
Diari de Vilanova(1850)
Diari de Buja(1812)
Diari de Barcelona(1792)
Manual Digest de las Valls neutras de Andorra, en lo qual se tracta de sa Antiguitat, Govern y Religio, de sos Privilegis, Usos, Preheminencias y Prerrogativas(1748)
Gazeta de Barcelona(1641)
Cancionero de Upsala(1556)
Cancionero general(1511)
Speculum al foder(1500)
Tirant lo Blanc(1460)
History of Yakub Çelebi(1450)
Curial e Güelfa(1440)
Cançoner Vega-Aguiló(1420)
Frayre de Joy e Sor de Plaser(1400)
Cançoneret de Ripoll(1400)
Lo somni(1399)
Farhi Bible(1383)
Book of the Beasts(1300)
Four Great Catalan Chronicles(1300)
Homilies d'Organyà(1300)
Crònica de Bernat Desclot(1288)
Llibre del Repartiment (Majorca)(1229)
Mata
Premi de la Crítica de narrativa catalana
Els tres tambors
Lo Noy de la mare
Calzada
Matrona
Maria Rosa
Llista d'encapçalaments de matèria en català
Ton
El Pessebre
Alomar
Escalivar
Ball del Sant Crist de Salomó
Ball de Sant Ferriol
El testament d'Amèlia
Canut
The Cobbler of Ordis
Argerich
Anglada
Muntanyes del Canigó
Enriqueta
Lloreda
Salas
Jamovi
Meritxell
Graupera
Noa
Ildefons
Llop
Auger
Lloris
Amable
Jordi
Bernat
Mateu
Oliver
Gasol
Llorenç
Andreu
Mercè
Carme
Troços
Pere
Calaix de sastre
BDFutbol
Amador
Fabre
Bardem
Rovira
Sastre
Astruc
Mireia
Sebastiana
La llengua dels valencians
Sergi
Pau
Dídac
Guillem
Xaveria
Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya
Chronicle of Pedro IV of Aragon
El Mole
Casals
Lourdes
Pàtria Nova
L'Avenç
Llopis
Roca
In the Lord I'll be ever thankful
Sala
Lurdes
Serra
Abella
Narcís
Víctor
Corina
White Paper on the National Transition of Catalonia
Joaquim
Sylvan
Margarida
Pàgina principal
Peña
Més que un club
Oriol
Abril
Moll
Lluís
Jaume
Faust
Modesta
Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya
caramelles
El 9 Nou
Guinovart
Grau
Ferrer
The Last Patriarch
Agnès
Casanova
Rosa
Rebeca
caralho
Chronicle of the Peninsular States
Ismael
Vidal
diacritical accent
Ariadna
Carles
Puig
Gil
Pilar
Criterion
Marc
El Noi de la Mare
Óscar
Blanc
La teva decisió
Anna Maria
Garrotín
Enric
Núria
Bible translations into Catalan
Atlàntida
Fum, Fum, Fum
Alda
Anaïs
César
Salvem el món
Alfreda
Francesc
Salvador
Lorena
Francesca
Alexandre
Cristina
Raquel
Paulina
Torres
Montserrat
Costa
Ancestris
Carolina
history of Catalan
Files
MX Player
Antoni
Catalan proverbs
Jamil
Joel
Palmer
Carola
Gerard
Wikiloc
Joana
Magda
Joan
Sofia
El cant dels ocells
Norma
Elisa
Rafael
Marcel
Isabel
Eduard
Manuel
Xavier
Brenda
Name and Title Authority File of Catalonia
Artur
Paint 3D
Adela
Alexandra
Ernest
Alba
Irene
Oliver
Clara
Marta
Magdalena
Roger
Rita
Sara
Helena
Marina
Sandra
Jan
Olga
Jmol
Gabriel
David
Maria
Albert
Anna
Ferran

All data

181 statements · 23% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object
syllabic language
nominative–accusative language
fusional language
noun-adjective
stress-timed language
stress
synthetic language
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pro-drop language
Language regulatory body: Institut d'Estudis Catalans
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1.iec.cat/la-llengua-catalana/normativa-linguistica/
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Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua
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1.Stated in Q16492946
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Category for films in this language: Category:Catalan-language films
Has grammatical gender: masculine
feminine
Country: Spain
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/18/language/cat/Retrieved 2019-01-13
2.“ScriptSource - Spain”scriptsource.org/country/ESRetrieved 2023-08-21
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France
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/18/language/cat/Retrieved 2019-01-13
2.“ScriptSource - France”scriptsource.org/country/FRRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Andorra
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/18/language/cat/Retrieved 2019-01-13
2.“ScriptSource - Andorra”scriptsource.org/country/ADRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Italy
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/18/language/cat/Retrieved 2019-01-13
2.“ScriptSource - Italy”scriptsource.org/country/ITRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Native label: català
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Sources
1.github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/main/ca.xml
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valencià
Studied by: Catalan philology
Has grammatical mood: subjunctive quotation: cantés
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1.Stated in conjugation of Catalan verbs
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indicative quotation: cantava
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1.Stated in conjugation of Catalan verbs
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imperative quotation: canta
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1.Stated in conjugation of Catalan verbs
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conditional quotation: cantaria
Has grammatical person: first-person singular quotation: jo
first-person plural quotation: nosaltres, nós
second-person singular quotation: tu
second-person plural quotation: vosaltres, vós
third-person singular quotation: ell, ella, vostè
third-person plural quotation: ells, elles, vostès
third-person masculine singular quotation: ell
third-person feminine singular quotation: ella
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third-person masculine plural quotation: ells
third-person feminine plural quotation: elles
Short name: каталанский
каталанська
каталайнаг
Has tense: simple present quotation: canta · statement is subject of: present indicative
present perfect quotation: ha cantat · statement is subject of: Q56402392
imperfect quotation: cantava · statement is subject of: Q56402706
pluperfect quotation: havia cantat · statement is subject of: Q56402713
preterite quotation: cantà · statement is subject of: Q56402722
past anterior quotation: hagué cantat · statement is subject of: Q56402726
simple future quotation: cantarà · statement is subject of: Q56403037
future perfect quotation: haurà cantat · statement is subject of: Future perfect in Catalan
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conditional present quotation: cantaria · statement is subject of: simple conditional
conditional perfect quotation: hauria cantat · statement is subject of: Q65211249
Q56402739 quotation: va cantar
Q56402741 quotation: va haver cantat
present subjunctive statement is subject of: Q76530301 · quotation: canti
past subjunctive statement is subject of: Q76530425 · quotation: hagi cantat
imperfect subjunctive statement is subject of: Q76621608 · quotation: cantés
subjunctive pluperfect statement is subject of: Q76621730 · quotation: hagués cantat
Q137205643 quotation: vagi cantar
Q137205666 quotation: vagi haver cantat
present imperative quotation: canta
present infinitive quotation: cantar
past infinitive quotation: haver cantat
present gerund quotation: cantant
past gerund quotation: havent cantat
past participle quotation: cantat
Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial
Wikimedia language code: ca
Part of: regional languages of France
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Sources
1.culture.gouv.fr/content/download/138305/1515485/version/2/file/LgdeFr-2016.pdfRetrieved 2019-03-15
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languages of Spain
languages of Italy
languages of Andorra
Related category: Category:Catalan pronunciation category contains: pronunciation
Category:Catalan-language music
Members / parts: Eastern Catalan
Western Catalan
Internet TLD: .cat
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Sources
1.fundacio.cat/ca/domini/casos-exit
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Has grammatical case: none
Uses capitalization for: proper noun
none excluding: glottonym
none excluding: determiner
Hashtag: català
catalan
Has characteristic: agreement
Has conjugation class: first conjugation in Catalan
second conjugation in Catalan
Q137217149
Q137217156
Category for music in this language: Category:Catalan-language music

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65 identifiers linking Catalan across the web's reference databases

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23%

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