THE CATALAN LANGUAGE, THE 14THMOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE

IN EUROPE

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SPOKEN

Northern Catalonia (France)

L'Alguer/Alghero (Italy)

Balearic Islands

Andorra

Catalonia

Valencia

Eastern Aragon

57%THEATRE

OF

IN CATALAN

POPULATION SEE

Afanys d’amors perduts (Love’s labour’s lost),

by William Shakespeare. Directed by Pere Planella.

Show produced by the National Theatre of Catalonia

in the season 2018/2019. Copyright David Ruano-TNC.

22nd +1,000

BOOKS PUBLISHEDTEN THOUSAND

IN CATALAN IN 2017

Catalan is the 22nd most translated language in the world

more than one thousand music albums in 2016

Catalan students gain higher marksin Spanish language exams than most students in Spanish-speaking regions

universities all overthe world teach Catalan

161

SYSTEMBOTH CATALAN

AND SPANISH

CAN LEARNCHILDREN

THE CATALAN EDUCATIONENSURES THAT

Data as provided by the report of Evaluation Council of the Catalan Educative System.

2015CATALAN 64.1%SPANISH 62.0%

73.2%TO

THE RADIO OF

IN CATALAN

CATALANS LISTEN

IS THE OF AUDIENCELEADERTV3

TELEVISION STATION THE CATALAN PUBLIC

2017CATALAN 73.2%SPANISH 53.2%

52.8%MIGRANTS

OF

LEARN CATALAN

of foreigners living in Cataloniaunderstand Catalan

of foreigners living in the BalearicIslands speak Catalan

82.1%

58.5%

MORE THAN OF CATALAN

USE THELANGUAGE AT WORK

70%WORKERS

In Catalonia 3 out of 4SMEs use Catalan to employand promote workers75%

OF

SOLD IN SPAINARE AVAILABLE

IN CATALAN

98%SMARTPHONES

The most widely used social media also have Catalan versions

The main computer operating systems are availablein Catalan

The most widely used social The most widely

social The most widely

media also have Catalan versions

The main computer operating computer operating computer

systemsoperating systemsoperating

are available

9 10 MOST-VISITED

19th 8th4 our of the top 5 websitesin the world have a Catalan interface. Also, of the world's 6,900 languages, Catalan is 19th in the number of websites per speaker and the 26th in total number of websites

Catalan is the 8th language for internet penetration in the world, with a rate of 71.44, ahead of French, Italian, German and Spanish

The list is headed with social media sites, followed by local general newspapers

IN CATALONIA HAVE ACATALAN VERSION

WEBSITES OUTOF THE

CATALANHAS BEEN THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF FUTBOL CLUB BARCELONA

BARÇA FOR 100 YEARS

THE CATALANLANGUAGE:

EUROPEAN 10 MILLION

VOICES

CATALAN LANGUAGE IS

OFFICIAL NOTAN

STATE LANGUAGE IN SPAIN

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It is the only middle-sized language in Europe that does not have o�cial status at State level

German0,4%

French37%

Italian11,1%

Romansh0,9%

Finnish89%

O�cial State languages in Finland

Castilian/Spanish74%

Dutch54%

Swedish5,3%

O�cial State languages in Belgium

O�cial Statelanguages in Spain

German64,1%

French22,7%

O�cial Statelanguages in Switzerland

Catalan*17%

Galician*7%

Basque*2%

*These languages hold o�cial status at regional level only.

Checking a land registry reference

Receiving information on State grants

Paying VAT

Requesting compulsory documents to apply for Social Security pensions and bene�ts

Getting an appointment with the State Tra�c O�ce

Requesting an appointment to renew the Spanish ID Card

Obtaining visas and information on the acquisition of Spanish citizenship

Checking the remaining points on a driving licence

Applying for the European Health Insurance Card

Accessing a full, up-to date version of State legislation

ONLY 1.6% OF

OF THE SPANISHADMINISTRATION HAVE A

WEBSITES

FULL CATALAN VERSION

THE OFFICIAL

The most important electronic procedures before the Spanish administration cannot be carried out in Catalan

10 administrative proceedings thatcannot be carried out in Catalan: CatalanSpanish

The Spanish Ombudsman recently stated in its �le number 18016378 that the use of Catalan in the State public administration is a legally binding right that is not fully

enforced and that this is “a matter of dignity for citizens.

But only 25% of students can access education in Catalan

76%

Neither France nor Italy have rati�ed the European Charterfor Regional or Minority languages.

OF POPULATION IN NORTHERN CATALONIA (FRANCE)

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Northern Catalonia (France)

25%

L'Alguer/Alghero (Italy)

JUDGESSPANISH

ARE NOT REQUIRED

WORKING IN CATALONIA

THE CATALAN LANGUAGETO KNOW

of Catalan-speaking lawyers have been pressured to stop speaking Catalan at court proceedings75%

Survey included in the Report on measures to boost the use of Catalan in the justice administration, issued by the Centre for Legal Studies of Catalonia in 2015.

CAN BE USED IN:CATALAN

THE SPANISHPARLIAMENT

IN THE SPANISH SENATE

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

UNGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Catalan can be used because Andorra, where Catalan is the only o�cial State language, holds UN membership. Translators and interpreters must be provided for national delegations for languages outside of the 6 UN o�cial languages.

NOT OFFICIAL CATALAN IS

IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

German90 million

French74 million

English71.5 million

Italian65 million

Croatian4.3 million

Lithuanian3 million

Slovene2.5 million

Latvian1.9 million

Estonian1.3 million

Maltese520,000

Irish200,000

Bulgarian8.5 million

Danish5.5 million

Slovak5.2 million

Finnish5 million

Castilian/Spanish46.5 million

Polish41 million

Dutch23.5 million

Romanian19.5 million

Greek13 million

Hungarian12.5 million

Czech10.6 million

Portuguese10.4 million

Catalan10 million

Swedish10.2 million

+10 million

+50 million

There are 11 o�cial EU languages with less speakers than Catalan in Europe. Nevertheless Catalan does not hold o�cial status in the EU

Procedure established in the administrative agreements signed between Spain and the EU institutions.

IN CATALAN

THE LONGROAD TO CONTACTING

EU INSTITUTIONS

A citizen writes a letter in Catalan to an EU institution.

The letter is returned because it �rst needs to be sent to the PermanentRepresentation of Spain before the EU.

No public information has previously been given on this step, but the citizens sends the letter to this body.

The Permanent Representation of Spain sends the letter, translated into Spanish, to the EU institution concerned.

The Permanent Representation of Spain sends a version, translated into Catalan, to the citizen.

The answer in Catalan takes an average of four months longer than if the citizen had communicated in Spanish.

The use of Catalan is stronglydiscouraged by this procedure.

The EU institutionsends the answer in Spanish to the Permanent Representation of Spain.

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LINGUISTIC POLICY

The European Charter for Regionalor Minority languages (ECRML) is not fully observed by the Spanish government.

The Committee of experts of the ECRML has reported several breaches of the Charter in Spain.

QUESTIONSTHE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

SPAIN’S

Breaches can be checked in the Report of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority languages belonging

to the fourth cycle of evaluation, adopted on 20th March 2015.

The conclusions drawn and the information provided in this exhibition has been derived by research carried out by Plataforma per la Llengua via case studies, surveys and evaluation of o�cial reports undertaken over the last eleven years by its department of linguistic rights.

More than 18,000 members committed to defending the rights of Catalan speakersin all of the Catalan-speaking territories

570 citizens that suffered linguistic discrimination assisted in 2018

PLATAFORMA PER LA LLENGUA,THE NGO

OF THE CATALANLANGUAGE

LET’S MAKE25TH CATALAN THE

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

”We just want to have the same linguistic rights that other European citizens have”Òscar Escuder, President of Plataforma per la Llengua

OF THE EUROPEAN UNION!