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Catalan is a Western Romance language native to the eastern Iberian Peninsula, sharing official status with Spanish in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, and the sole official language of Andorra.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
cat 1
Speaker Count
4,100,000 1
2022 estimate, native speakers.
Region
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain 1
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
Catalan
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Source Wikipedia: Catalan Language

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Latin Script, Scripts
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Catalan Language
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  • Lead section
    Catalan (catala) 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.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    cat
  • Infobox, Speakers (Total)
    4.1 million (2022)
  • Infobox, Region field
    Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  • Official status, Catalan entity page
    Catalan is a Western Romance language native to the eastern Iberian Peninsula, sharing official status with Spanish in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, and the sole official language of Andorra.
  • In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
    Top family: Indo-European languages; immediate parent branch: Occitano-Romance languages.
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