Valencià

Valencian

Romance

FamilyRomance Speakers~2.4M ScriptLatin CountriesSpain (Valencian Community) Official inSpain (Valencian Community, co-official)

Valencian (Valencià) is the standard variety of Catalan spoken in the Valencian Community (~2.4M speakers), codified by the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Unlike Central Catalan it does not reduce unstressed a/e to schwa (keeping clear [a] and [e]) and preserves a distinct open/closed vowel system with its own morphology and vocabulary; politically often named separately, it is linguistically a variety of Catalan.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Valencian

Water

aigua

/ajɣwa/

Fire

foc

/fɔk/

Sun

sol

/sɔl/

Moon

lluna

/ʎuna/

Star

estrella

/esˈtɾeʎa/

Mother

mare

/maɾe/

Father

pare

/paɾe/

I

jo

/ˈdʒɔ/

You

tu

/ˈtu/

Name

nom

/ˈnɔm/

Eye

ull

/uʎ/

Hand

/ma/

Heart

cor

/kɔɾ/

Love

amor

/amoɾ/

Tree

arbre

/aɾbɾe/

House

casa

/kaza/

Dog

gos

/ɡɔs/

Cat

gat

/ɣat/

Eat

menjar

/meɲˈdʒaɾ/

Drink

beure

/beuɾe/

One

un

/un/

Two

dos

/ˈdos/

Hello

hola

/ɔla/

Thank you

gràcies

/ɡɾasies/

Good

bo

/bɔ/

Cuckoo

cucut

/kuˈkut/

Computer

ordinador

/oɾðinaˈðoɾ/

Sushi

sushi

/ˈsuʃi/

Words compared

Compared with related Romance languages

Meaning ValencianCatalanGalicianLadinoSpanish (Mexico)Spanish (Andalusian)Spanish (Colombia)
Water aigua /ajɣwa/ aigua /ajɣwə/ auga /awɣa/ agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/ agua /aɣwa/
Fire foc /fɔk/ foc /fɔk/ lume /lume/ fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/ fuego /fweɣo/
Sun sol /sɔl/ sol /sɔl/ sol /sɔl/ sol /sol/ sol /sol/ sol /sɔl/ sol /sol/
Moon lluna /ʎuna/ lluna /ʎunə/ lúa /lua/ luna /luna/ luna /luna/ luna /luna/ luna /luna/
Star estrella /esˈtɾeʎa/ estrella /əsˈtɾeʎə/ estrela /esˈtɾela/ estreya /esˈtɾeja/ estrella /esˈtɾeʝa/ estrella /ehˈtɾeʝa/ estrella /esˈtɾeʝa/
Mother mare /maɾe/ mare /maɾə/ nai /naj/ madre /madɾe/ madre /maðɾe/ madre /maðɾe/ madre /maðɾe/
Father pare /paɾe/ pare /paɾə/ pai /paj/ padre /padɾe/ padre /paðɾe/ padre /paðɾe/ padre /paðɾe/
I jo /ˈdʒɔ/ jo /ˈʒɔ/ eu /ˈew/ yo /jo/ yo /ʝo/ yo /ʝo/ yo /ʝo/
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