Catalan leid
Catalan Inglis pronunciation: /ˈkætəlæn/[3] (autonym: català [kətəˈɫa] or [kataˈɫa]) is a Romance leid, the naitional leid o Andorrae, an co-offeecial leid o the Spaingie autonomous communities o Balearic Islands, Valencia (unner the name Valencian) an Catalonie. It is spak in the sooth-wast neuk o Fraunce an aw. It is spak an unnerstuid bi as mony as 12 million fowk.
Catalan | |
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català | |
Pronunciation | [kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC) |
Native tae | Andorrae, Fraunce, Italy, Spain |
Region | See geographic distribution o Catalan |
Ethnicity | Catalans |
Native speakers | 11.5 million (2009)[1] |
Early form | |
Staundart forms | Catalan (regulatit bi the IEC)
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Latin (Catalan alphabet) Catalan Braille | |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | Latin Union
Andorrae |
Recognised minority leid in | |
Regulatit bi | Institut d'Estudis Catalans Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ca |
ISO 639-2 | cat |
ISO 639-3 | cat |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-e |
References
eedit- ↑ Catalan at Ethnologue (16t ed., 2009)
- ↑ a b Some Iberian scholars may alternatively classify Catalan as Ibero-Romance/East Iberie.
- ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh; also /kætəˈlæn/ or /ˈkætələn/[1]
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