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Valencian (valencià) or the Valencian language (llengua valenciana) is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community of Spain to refer to the Romance language also known as Catalan, either as a whole or in its Valencia-specific linguistic forms.
- Valencians
Valencian and Spanish are the official languages of the...
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Valencian is classified as a Western dialect, along with the...
- Valencians
El valenciano ( autoglotónimo: valencià) 3 es una lengua romance policéntrica nota 3 hablada en la Comunidad Valenciana y en la comarca de El Carche en la Región de Murcia; es hablada además bajo el glotónimo catalán en Cataluña, Islas Baleares, Andorra, la Franja de Aragón, el condado de Rosellón y la ciudad sarda de Alguer. 4 .
Valencian (valencià) is the historical, traditional, and official name used in the Valencian Community 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 ...
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In 1237, the Andalusī Taifa of Valencia was taken by king James I the Conqueror of the Crown of Aragon. The population of the new kingdom was by far mostly Muslim, so the crown started a campaign of repopulation of the lands with Christians, as usual in the Reconquista. The new Christian arrivals came from Catalonia and Aragon. Aragonese presence w...
The Valencian population traditionally concentrated in localities with fertile cultivation and growing lowlands by the most important rivers (Júcar, or Xúquer in Valencian, Turia, or Túria, Segura and Vinalopó), also in harbour cities important to the agricultural trade. The most important population centers used to be, during the Roman times, (Sag...
Valencian and Spanish are the official languages of the Valencian Community. Spanish (or Castilian) 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"). Valencian is traditionally spoken in the densel...
Paella is a rice dish which originated in Valencia near lake Albufera, a lagoon in eastern Spain. Valencians consider paella their main national dish. Other famous Valencian dishes are the orxata drink, and the bunyols: the sweet pastry eaten in falles.
Valencian is classified as a Western dialect, along with the northwestern varieties spoken in Western Catalonia (provinces of Lleida and the western half of Tarragona). Central Catalan has 90% to 95% inherent intelligibility for speakers of Valencian.
Others, including Catalan/Valencian (in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands) and Galician (in Galicia), enjoy official status in their respective autonomous regions, similar to Basque in the northeast of the country (a non-Romance language isolate).
2-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 23.305 km2 and a population of 4.692.449 inhabitants, according to the census made in 2005.
