The word Catalan is derived from the territorial name of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology. The main theory suggests that Catalunya (Latin Gathia Launia) derives from the name Gothia or Gauthia ("Land … 查看更多內容

One classification of Catalan is given by Pèire Bèc:
• Romance languages
However, the … 查看更多內容

Standard Catalan, virtually accepted by all speakers, is mostly based on Eastern Catalan, which is the most widely used dialect. Nevertheless, the standards of the Valencian Community and the Balearics admit alternative forms, mostly traditional ones, which are … 查看更多內容

Middle Ages
By the 9th century, Catalan had evolved from Vulgar Latin on both sides of the eastern end of the Pyrenees, as well as the territories of the … 查看更多內容

Catalan-speaking territories
Traditionally Catalan-speaking territories are sometimes called the Països Catalans (Catalan … 查看更多內容

Catalan phonology varies by dialect. Notable features include:
• Marked contrast of the vowel pairs /ɛ e/ and /ɔ o/, as in other Western Romance languages, … 查看更多內容

Catalan sociolinguistics studies the situation of Catalan in the world and the different varieties that this language presents. It is a subdiscipline of Catalan philology and other affine studies and has as an objective to analyze the relation between the … 查看更多內容