Valencian language
linguistic variety (dialect) and official name of the Catalan language spoken in the Valencian Community / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valencian (valencià) is the historical, traditional, and official name used in the Valencian Community (Spain) for the language spoken in this region, also known as Catalan (català) in the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands; in the country of Andorra; in the southern French region of the Roussillon; and in the Italian city of Alghero on the island of Sardinia.
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Valencian | |
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valencià | |
Pronunciation | [valensiˈa] or [ba-] |
Native to | Spain |
Region | Valencia, Murcia (Carche) See also geographic distribution of Catalan |
Ethnicity | Valencians |
Native speakers | 2.4 million (2004)[1] |
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Catalan orthography (Latin script) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | In Spain: Valencian Community |
Regulated by | Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
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In linguistics "Valencian" is also used to identify this distinctive variant spoken in central and southern Valencia which has gained its own currency within the Catalan domain.