Valencian language
Language of the Valencian Community
Valencian language
Valencian (valencià) or the Valencian language (llengua valenciana) is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community to refer to the Romance language also known as Catalan, either as a whole or in its Valencia-specific linguistic forms. The Valencian Community's 1982 Statute of Autonomy officially recognises Valencian as the name of the native language. Valencian displays transitional features between Ibero-Romance languages and Gallo-Romance languages. According to philological studies, the varieties of this language spoken in the Valencian Community and Carche cannot be considered a single dialect restricted to these borders: the several dialects of Valencian (Alacantí, Southern Valencian, Central Valencian or Apitxat, Northern Valencian or Castellonenc and Transitional Valencian) belong to the Western group of Catalan dialects. There is a political and cultural controversy within the Valencian Community regarding whether it is a glottonym or an independent...
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