catalan
Catalan (person or language)
noun ka-ta-LAHN Rare
Origin: from Medieval Latin Catalanus, from Catalonia
Usage Note
Catalan (capital C for the person or people, lower case for the language or adjective) refers to the Romance language spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, as well as in Roussillon in southern France. French Catalonia (Catalogne française) has a small Catalan-speaking community. As an adjective (un accent catalan) it is written lower-case.
Examples
"Il parle couramment le catalan et le castillan."
Natural Translation
He speaks Catalan and Castilian fluently.

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