Catalan language
![The Crown of Aragon in 1443. King James the Conqueror [1208–1276] dictated his autobiographical chronicles entirely in Catalan. Some of this territory nowadays makes up the Catalan Countries.](https://hyperleap.com/images/d9c0d024fb9edf27c24095850da33109/200-800b0fd52297150373d4620e4c914e27.png)
Western Romance language derived from Vulgar Latin.
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Andorra
Sovereign landlocked microstate on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south.
The official language is Catalan, but Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands ( or ; Illes Balears ; Islas Baleares ) are a Spanish archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
The official languages of the Balearic Islands are Catalan and Spanish.
Pyrénées-Orientales
Department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea.
Prior to the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, most of the present department was part of the former Principality of Catalonia, within the Crown of Aragon, therefore part of the Kingdom of Spain, so the majority of it has historically been Catalan-speaking, and it is still referred to as Northern Catalonia.
Catalonia
Autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
The official languages are Catalan, Spanish, and the Aranese dialect of Occitan.
Endonym and exonym
Common, native name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, or linguistic community in question; it is their self-designated name for themselves, their homeland, or their language.
Londres in Catalan, Filipino, French, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish;
Ramon Llull
Philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, and Christian apologist from the Kingdom of Majorca.
A prolific writer, he is also known for his literary works written in Catalan, which he composed to make his Art accessible to a wider audience.
Sardinia
Second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Sardinia's indigenous language and Algherese Catalan are referred to by both the regional and national law as two of Italy's twelve officially recognized linguistic minorities, albeit gravely endangered, while the regional law provides some measures to recognize and protect the aforementioned as well as the island's other minority languages (the Corsican-influenced Sassarese and Gallurese, and finally Tabarchino Ligurian).
Institute for Catalan Studies
Academic institution which seeks to undertake research and study into "all elements of Catalan culture".
The IEC is known principally for its work in standardizing the Catalan language.
La Franja
La Franja ("The Strip"; Francha) is the area of Catalan-speaking territories of eastern Aragon bordering Catalonia, in Spain.
Alghero
City of about 45,000 inhabitants in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, next to the Mediterranean Sea.
A variety of Catalan is spoken in Alghero, introduced when Catalans settled in the town.