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1 Classification

Catalan is a Romance language. According to the Ethnologue, its specific classification is a member of the East Iberian branch of the Ibero-Romance branch of the Gallo-Iberian branch of the Western branch of the Italo-Western branch of the Romance branch of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language famiily .

2 Geographic distribution

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Estimates of the number of Catalan speakers vary from four to twelve million. [1] (pdf), [2], [3], [4], [5].

Catalan is spoken in:

• Catalonia in Spain.
• An adjacent strip of Aragon, Spain, in particular the comarques of Baixa Ribagorça, Llitera, Baix Cinca, and Matarranya, .
• Balearic Islands in Spain.
• Andorra.
• Part of Valencia in Spain, where the language is officially named Valencian.
• Roussillon in France.
• The Sardinian city of Alghero (l'Alguer).
• A small region in Murcia, known as el Carxe.

All these areas are informally called Catalan countries (Catalan Països catalans), a denomination based originally on cultural affinity and common heritage, that some have subsequently interpreted politically.

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