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Language code: cat

Technical information about ISO 639 language code cat

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The table below provides technical details for the Catalan, Valencian language, designated by the cat code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

cat

Name

Official

Catalan, Valencian

Native

Català

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central CatalanNorthern CatalanBalearic CatalanNorthwestern CatalanValencianAlgherese Catalan
Related languages
OccitanSpanishFrenchAragonese
Key facts
Catalan descends from Vulgar Latin within the Western Romance branchLinguistically it is closer to Occitan than to SpanishThe oldest known Catalan text is the 12th-century Homilies d'OrganyàCatalan combines Gallo-Romance traits (such as palatal l) with Ibero-Romance ones (such as certain verb endings)The Algherese dialect spoken in Sardinia retains archaic final vowels no longer pronounced in mainland varieties.
Sample phrase

Hola, com estàs?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Catalan, Valencian language, identified by the code cat, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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