Catalan language

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/catalan-language

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1. How big is Catalan language?Catalonia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands (Spain); Andorra; Pyrénées-Orientales (France); Alghero (Italy)
2. What is the language classification?Western Romance language, descended from Vulgar Latin
3. What is the standardization efforts?Underwent significant standardization during the 19th-century Renaixença movement
4. Where is Catalan spoken?Catalan is spoken mainly in Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is also the official language of Andorra and can be heard in parts of France and Italy.
5. How did Catalan become important in the past?In the 13th and 14th centuries, Catalan was the language of government, trade, and books. It spread across the Mediterranean, even reaching places like Sicily, Sardinia, and Athens, and famous writers like Ramon Llull wrote in it.

Vulgar Latin: The spoken, vernacular form of Latin that served as the ancestor to the Romance languages.
Crown of Aragon: A composite state in the Crown of Aragon, a major medieval Mediterranean power.
Renaixença: A 19th-century cultural and literary movement focused on reviving the Catalan language and identity.
Diglossia: A sociolinguistic situation where two distinct varieties of a language are used by speakers in different social contexts.