Catalonia in english

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Information about what is Catalonia, both from the geographical and statistical views, and from the perspective of culture, history, language, cuisine, symbols, police, economy and fostering innovation. (source Generalitat de Catalalunya. Government of Catalonia)

Catalonia on the map

Catalonia-eu — Catalonia’s place in the EU. Map by Evan Centanni, from this blank map by Ssolbergj. License: CC BY-SA

Catalonia comprises 947 municipalities grouped in 43 regions (comarques)

CATALUNYA_MAPA_COMARCAL — CATALONIA_DISTRICT MAP (Source: IEC.CAT)

Catalan Language

Catalan is a Romance language of the western branch. It has two fundamental dialectal varieties: Eastern and Western Catalan, which contain lexical, phonetic and grammatical differences. The Catalan language in the Valencian Country is also called Valencian by historical tradition. The linguistic domain extends over 68,000 km2 of four European states: Andorra, Spain (Catalonia, the Valencian Country, the Balearic Islands, the Western Fringe, in Aragon, and the Carxe, in Murcia), France (Catalonia of the North) and Italy (the city of Alghero on the island of Sardinia).

These territories have more than 13 million inhabitants – the majority in Spain – of which around 10 million speak Catalan.

_{Source Institut Ramon Llull,is the public institution responsible for promoting Catalan language and culture internationally. The Institut represents a cultural and linguistic community of more than 10 million people who participate actively in global events and conversations through performing arts, literature and knowledge exchange. The Institut is a consortium formed by the Government of Catalonia, the Government of the Balearic Islands, Barcelona City Council and Palma City Council.}

Catalan, a Romance language

Five reasons to study catalan. Source Institut Ramon Llull

Catalan MOOC: A language to learn

Catalan for Beginners is an online Catalan course which aims to provide basic lexical and grammatical resources so that you can communicate in a variety of day-to-day situations. It is free, open to everyone and meant for any international students who will join a Catalan university or anyone who is interested in Catalan Language and culture. A professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra accompanies all participants to provide anything you might need and encourages participation.