This map shows the regions
of the world where Catalan is commonly spoken (red circles).
Catalan is common to Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands,
Andorra, and the Roussillon region of France. It comes from
the Romance languages descended from Latin;
Latin in turn descends from the Italic branch of Indo-European.
The Catalan language is most closely related to French,
Spanish, Italian,
Portuguese, Provençal,
and Galician. Catalan
is also similar to Romansch
and Romanian.
| Daniel M. Short originally created this
map and the other Indo-European language charts for his website at http://www.danshort.com/.
I reproduce these images here with the author's permission, but they are
copyrighted by Daniel Short as of 2002. These charts should not be reproduced
or reused without Mr. Short's approval. You may contact him at danshort@gte.net
for more information. These images are not public domain. |