Languages of Catalonia
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There are four languages with official status in Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain): Catalan; Spanish, which is official throughout Spain; Aranese, a dialect of Occitan spoken in the Aran Valley; and Catalan Sign Language.[1] Many other languages are spoken in Catalonia as a result of recent immigration from all over the world.
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Languages of Catalonia | |
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Official | Catalan, Spanish, Aranese |
Indigenous | Catalan, Aranese |
Immigrant | Berber, American Spanish, Maghrebi Arabic, Romanian, British English, Urdu |
Foreign | English, French |
Signed | Catalan Sign Language (official) |
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Catalan has enjoyed special status since the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of 1979 which declares it to be the language "proper to Catalonia".[2] Spanish had been the only official language for most of the period between the 18th century and 1975.