Catalan

views updated May 11 2018

Catalan Romance language spoken mainly in ne Spain, but also in the Balearic Islands, Andorra, and s France. There are c.6 million speakers.

Catalan

views updated May 17 2018

Catalan a Romance language closely related to Castilian Spanish and Provençal, widely spoken in Catalonia, an autonomous region of NE Spain with a strong separatist tradition (where it has official status alongside Castilian Spanish) and in Andorra, the Balearic Islands, and parts of southern France.

catalán

views updated May 18 2018

catalán (Sp.), catalane (Fr.). Type of Sp. dance from Catalonia.