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In the southern French region of the Roussillon. It is also co-official on the Balearic Islands and Valencia.
The two official languages spoken in the city are Spanish and Valencian a dialect of Catalan.
Official language of valencia spain. The two official languages spoken in the city are Spanish and Valencian a dialect of Catalan. Due to political and demographic pressure in the past the predominant language is Spanish as opposed to areas surrounding the metropolitan area in the province of Valencia. The local government makes sure it emphasizes the use of the local language.
The Valencian is a romance language spoken in the Valencian Community which is located on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. The Valencian Community has an extension of 23305 km2 and a population of 4692449 inhabitants according to the census made in 2005. Valencian and Spanish are the official languages of the Valencian Community.
Spanish is the official language of Spain while Valencian that is the varieties of Catalan spoken in the Community is the language considered by the Statute of Autonomy as llengua pròpia native language. Spanish Castilian or castellano has official status in all of Spain including the Valencian Community. Aside from it the Statute of Autonomy recognizes Valencian as the language proper to the Valencian people llengua pròpia and commends its protection and regulation to the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua AVL under the Generalitat Valenciana.
Castellano Castellano is Spains main language and the principle tongue in Valencia. It is advisable to learn what you can before you arrive as although more Valencians speak English than English people speak Spanish few have enough English to hold a proper conversation and you certainly cannot rely on them to get you by. In Valencia the official language is Valencian.
Valencian is a dialect of Catalan. They are considered to be mutually intelligible with each other so a Catalan speaker could communicate with a Valencian speaker as easily as an American could with someone from England. Galician is spoken in the region of Galicia and Basque by increasing numbers of the population of Euskadi the Spanish Basque Country.
Article 3 of the Spanish Constitution 1978 set out that Castilian Spanish would be the official language of the State and that all Spaniards would have the duty to know it and the right to use it. To this day Castilian Spanish remains the only language that is official across all of Spain. Valencian valencià is the historical traditional and official name used in the Valencian Community Spain for the language spoken in this region also known as Catalan català in the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia Aragon and the Balearic Islands.
In the country of Andorra. In the southern French region of the Roussillon. And in the Italian city of Alghero on the island of Sardinia.
For what its worth the Real Academia Española the Spanish-language regulating body describes valenciano as the variety of Catalan spoken in the former Kingdom of Valencia and is commonly felt as its proper language The differences between valenciano and catalán include vocabulary conjugations and pronunciation. Note that the region of Valencia is a bilingual region. There are two official languages Valencian Catalan and also Spanish Castilian.
Road signs and other information often give place names in both languages such Castelló Castellón Alicante Alacant or Xàbia Jàvea. Province of Alicante and the Costa Blanca. Catalan is the official language of Catalonia in northeastern Spain and small parts of France.
It is also co-official on the Balearic Islands and Valencia. It is spoken by 17 of all Spaniards. Also there are variations of Catalan for example the Aranese dialect which is common in the north western part of Catalonia and the Aran valley.