7 Interesting Facts about Catalan

In Spain, it is famously the co-official language (with Spanish and Occitan) in the autonomous region of Catalonia. But also in the Balearic Islands and even in Valencia (although the language is called “Valencian” there). In the Alghero province of Italy, it retains a semi-official status. Although the language is also spoken across the border in France, it holds no status there.