NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Eastern Catalan

Eastern Catalan is a set of Catalan language dialects spoken in l'Alguer, Balearic Islands, Eastern Catalonia and Northern Catalonia. With respect to Western varieties, the most noticeable characteristic is that unstressed [a], [e] and [ɛ] are changed to schwa ([ə]). Unstressed [o] and [ɔ] are also changed to [u], except for Alguerese and Majorcan, which prefer [o]. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1014x1368, 407 KB) Summary Dialectal Map of Catalan Language Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Catalan language Catalan phonology and orthography ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1014x1368, 407 KB) Summary Dialectal Map of Catalan Language Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Catalan language Catalan phonology and orthography ... Catalan in Europe Catalan IPA: (catalÃ ) is a Romance language, the official language of Andorra and co-official in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Valencia (under the name Valencian) and Catalonia. ... A dialect (from the Greek word Î´Î¹Î¬Î»ÎµÎºÏ„Î¿Ï‚, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ... Alghero (LAlguer in Catalan and SAlighera in Sardinian), is a town of about 35,000 inhabitants (down from 54,300 inhabitants since early 20th century) in Italy. ... Capital Palma Official language(s) Catalan and Spanish Area â€“ Total â€“ % of Spain Ranked 17th 4,992 kmÂ² 1. ... Anthem: Els Segadors Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan, Spanish; In Aran Valley, also Aranese Area â€“ Total â€“ % of Spain Ranked 6th 32,114 kmÂ² 6. ... ... Dialectal map of Catalan Language Western Catalan is a set of Catalan language dialects spoken in western Catalonia, La Franja, part of Andorra and Valencian Country. ... Vowels Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel. ... Alguerese or Algherese is the variant of the Catalan language spoken in the city of Alghero, in the northwest of Sardinia. ... Mallorca (in Catalan, Spanish, and English; also called Majorca in English) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are part of Spain. ...

Category: Catalan language Alguerese or Algherese is the variant of the Catalan language spoken in the city of Alghero, in the northwest of Sardinia. ... Balearic is the Catalan variant spoken in the Balearic Islands (Spanish las Islas Baleares), Spain. ... Catalan dialectal map Central Catalan is the Eastern Catalan dialect with the highest demographic weight, since it is commonly spoken in densely populated areas such as the whole Barcelona province, the eastern half of Tarragona province and most part of Girona province; except for it is northern part, where there... Catalan dialectal map Northern Catalan is an Eastern Catalan dialect mostly spoken in Northern Catalonia, but also extending in the northest part of Southern Catalonia in a transition zone with Central Catalan. ...

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