| Languages of Catalonia | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Keyboard layout | |
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.
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.
- ^ Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (2006) Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Article 50, paragraph 6. Retrieved 2012-08-24. "The public authorities shall guarantee the use of Catalan sign language and conditions of equality for deaf people who chooses to use this language, which shall be the subject of education, protection and respect."
- ^ [1] Archived May 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine