Language distribution in Aragon

Map of Catalan Countries with current political borders

Franja de Ponent (IPA: /lɑˈfrɑɲ.ʒε.ðe.poˈnent/; Catalan for "Western Strip"), Francha de Lebán (Aragonese for "Eastern Strip"), Franja de Aragón, or simply La Franja, refers to four comarques in the east of the Autonomous Community of Aragon, which are in part linguistically Catalan, in contrast to the Castilian (and historically, Aragonese) speaking areas of western Aragon. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x1162, 576 KB) Sumari Aragon languages English info from http://commons. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x1162, 576 KB) Sumari Aragon languages English info from http://commons. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 543 pixelsFull resolution (3228 × 2190 pixel, file size: 189 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 543 pixelsFull resolution (3228 × 2190 pixel, file size: 189 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The terms Catalan Countries (Catalan: Països Catalans) or Catalanofonia (quite similar, in the linguistic sense, to the French Francophonie, the Portuguese Lusofonia or the Spanish Hispanophone) includes all the territories where the Catalan language is spoken. ... Self-illuminating Border flower pot between Burghausen, Salzach(river) in Germany and Ach in Austria. ... IPA may refer to: The International Phonetic Alphabet or India Pale Ale ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of... Aragonese, IPA: (), is a Romance language now spoken by some 10,000 people over the valleys of the Aragón River, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... Capital Zaragoza Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47,719 km²  9. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...

Catalan does not currently have an official status in this territory, as in other places in Spain. A law written by the Aragonese coalition government ((Spanish) Ley de lenguas de Aragón) was proposed in order to change this situation, as well as with Aragonese language in other regions in Aragon. However, this is still to be approved. An official language is a language that is given a unique legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. ... Aragonese, IPA: (), is a Romance language now spoken by some 10,000 people over the valleys of the Aragón River, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. ...

According to recent studies^[1], La Franja is actually one of the territories with the highest oral usage of Catalan language, but with severe deficiences in writing competences because of its lack of officiality and support in education. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Comarques

• Ribagorza (Catalan: Baixa Ribagorça)
• La Litera / La Llitera
• Bajo Cinca / Baix Cinca
• Matarraña / Matarranya

Ribagorza is one of the historical Aragonese counties of Spain, corresponding to the present-day counties of Sobrarbe and Pallars. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of... La Litera (Catalan: La Llitera, Aragonese: A Litera) is an aragonese comarca in the south-east of the province of Huesca. ... Bajo Cinca (Catalan: Baix Cinca, Aragonese: Zinca Baxa) is an Aragonese comarca in the south-east extreme of the Huesca province in Spain. ... Matarraña (Catalan: Matarranya) is a comarca in eastern Aragon, bordering the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia and Valencia. ...

External links

• The Western Strip Cultural Institution. Promotes Catalan culture.
• FACAO Federación de Asociaciones Culturales del Aragón Oriental. Analagously to blaverists in Valencia, they affirm that no Catalan is spoken in La Franja, but "Eastern Aragonese".
• Cinca river as frontier in History About the frontier changes between Aragon and Catalonia in la Franja.
• Information in Catalan Encyclopaedia
• Map of Language distribution in Aragon, by Francho Nagore

v • d • e Catalan-speaking regions
Catalan as the only official language	Andorra
Catalan as co-official language	Balearic Islands · Catalonia · L'Alguer · Valencia (as Valencian)
Spoken without official status	Carxe · La Franja · Northern Catalonia

1. ^ http://www.iecat.net/CRUSCAT/documents/coneixementiusos/index.htm