Contacting EU institutions in Catalan language is not easy and rarely succesful. 👉🏻 Catalan is spoken by 10 million people but it is not official in 🇪🇺 yet. #WhereIsCatalan #10million

🔸 84% believe that regional and minority languages should be protected. The survey highlights a growing recognition of the role of linguistic diversity in enhancing cultural understanding, economic opportunities, and social cohesion in Europe.

Last month, a group of Year 10 students visited QMUL to discover some of the options available to them if they decide to study a languages degree, including Catalan Read more: Year 10 students join a Catalan language taster session at Queen Mary ccsqmul.com/2024/08/15/yea…

The Catalan language is spoken by 10 million people, in 4 European countries. ✅ In Andorra, Catalan is the only official state language. 👉 Which is your favourite word Catalan?

✅ 57% of population see theatre in Catalan

Today, it's been a year since the Spanish government announced its proposal to make Catalan an official language in the EU. It still hasn't made it. EU Council

✅ 73% of Catalans listened to the radio in Catalan. ❌ Reciprocity of media in Catalan language is not possible in all Catalan-speaking area.

One million Catalan LinkedIn users would set it up in Catalan plataforma-llengua.cat/que-fem/en_not…

The Catalan education system ensures that children can learn both Catalan and Spanish. 👉🏻 Catalan students gain higher marks in Spanish language exams than most students in Spanish-speaking regions.

The Catalan language case is unique: - Catalan is spoken by 10 million people. - Catalan is the 13th most spoken language in the EU. - 12 official languages of the EU have fewer speakers than Catalan. ❌ Catalan is not an official language of the EU. #WhereIsCatalan

✅ 73% of Catalans listened to the radio in Catalan. ❌ Reciprocity of media in Catalan language is not possible in all Catalan-speaking area.

🆘 Only 1,6% of the official websites of the Spanish administration have a full Catalan version. ❌ Spain doesn't follow the recommendations of the experts of Council of Europe and doesn't comply with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe.

We read and sing in Catalan! 📚 10.000 books published in Catalan in 2017. 🗣 Catalan is the 22nd most translated language in the world. 📀 More than 1.000 music albums in 2016.

🌐 Plataforma per la Llengua becomes a consultative body of the United Nations. The Economic and Social Council will be able to request us specialized information and studies and make the defense of the language gain weight on the political agenda. 👇

🔸 84% believe that regional and minority languages should be protected. The survey highlights a growing recognition of the role of linguistic diversity in enhancing cultural understanding, economic opportunities, and social cohesion in Europe.

The Catalan language case is unique: - Catalan is spoken by 10 million people. - Catalan is the 13th most spoken language in the EU. - 12 official languages of the EU have fewer speakers than Catalan. ❌ Catalan is not an official language of the EU. #WhereIsCatalan

Plataforma per la Llengua calls on the Spanish government to use the EU negotiations to get the Member States to recognise Catalan as an official language plataforma-llengua.cat/que-fem/en_not…

📚 Catalan language is taught in 150 universities all over the world by Institut Ramon Llull Institut Ramon Llull. ✔️ In the UK, in 19 universities. In Germany, in 21. In USA, 20. ❓Do you know how many Spanish universities teach Catalan, outside the Catalan speaking area? Only 8.

#OnThisDay in 1976, there was the first football retransmission in Catalan after the Franco regime. During francoism, Catalan language was forbidden in the institutions, in television and at schools.

Benvolguts Conseller Jaume Duch i Ministre José Manuel Albares: l’eina per enfortir el català a Europa té un nom i respon a un compromís incomplert del govern espanyol: llengua oficial de la Unió Europea.