Catalan
Western Romance language
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Summary
Catalan is a language[1]. Catalan ranks in the top 0.11% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,662 views/month, #6 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Spain[3], France[4], Andorra[5], Italy[6]
- Instance of: modern language[7], spoken language[8]
- Top-level Internet domain: .cat[9]
- Subclass of: Occitano-Romance[10]
- Writing system: Catalan alphabet[11], Catalan Braille[12]
- Part of: regional languages of France[13], languages of Spain[14], languages of Italy[15], languages of Andorra[16]
- Commons category: Catalan language[17]
- Wikimedia language code: ca[18]
- Has part(s): Eastern Catalan[19], Western Catalan[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Catalan language[21]
- Language regulatory body: Institute for Catalan Studies[22], Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua[23]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 4,079,420[24], 5,100,000[25], 4,873,396[26]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Lengua catalana[27]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29]
- Topic has template: Template:Catalan language[30]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/catalan[31]
- Has characteristic: agreement[32]
- Native label: català[33], valencià[34]
- Short name: каталанский[35], каталанська[36], каталайнаг[37]
- History of topic: history of Catalan[38]
- Indigenous to: Catalonia[39], Valencian Community[40], Balearic Islands[41], Andorra[42], Franja del Ponent[43], Carche[44], Northern Catalonia[45], Alghero[46], Aragon[47]
Why It Matters
Catalan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Catalan is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]