Catalan
Let an agent explain the Catalan language and its dialects and features, support learners and translators, describe its status and history, and present language policy debates with attribution.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What Catalan is.
Family
Family and dialects.
Family
Family.
- Where does Catalan sit among Romance languages, and how do Eastern and Western dialects including Valencian differ? definition
- Which variety is meant? boundary
Features
Features.
Features
Features.
- What are the main features of Catalan phonology, grammar and vocabulary? definition
- Which entry fits Catalan grammar? action
Learn Learning and use.
Learners
For learners.
Learners
Learners.
- How can Catalan be learned, and which resources and certificates exist? action
- Which entry fits language learning? action
Translate
Translation.
Translate
Translation.
- How can this Catalan text be translated or explained, with attention to variety? action
- Which register is meant? boundary
Context Status and policy.
Status
Official status.
Status
Status.
- What is the legal status of Catalan in each territory, and what debates exist over policy and naming, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History
History and literature.
History
History.
- How did Catalan develop from Old Catalan through periods of decline and revival, and what is its literary tradition? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Study Study and teaching.
Varieties
Historical and contact varieties.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are Judaeo-Catalan, Catanyol and diaspora Catalan? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific variety? action
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is Catalan taught in schools and universities? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Judaeo-Catalan, Catalan Caló, Catalan language in Argentina, Catanyol, Old Catalan, Eastern Catalan, Western Catalan, Catalan dialect, Valencian, Murcian Catalan, Patuet, Northwestern Catalan
What it is Filled
A Romance language of the Occitano-Romance group spoken by about ten million people in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, the eastern strip of Aragon, Northern Catalonia in France and the city of Alghero in Sardinia, with Eastern and Western dialect blocks, historical forms such as Old Catalan and Judaeo-Catalan, contact varieties such as Catanyol, and diaspora use; Catalan is official in Andorra and co-official in several Spanish regions, has a rich literary tradition, and its status is a subject of language policy.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the Catalan language and its dialects and features, support learners and translators, describe its status and history, and present language policy debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Occitano-Romance
- Dialect blocks
- Multiple official statuses
- Literary tradition
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present Catalan as a dialect of Spanish or French.
- Use the language question to take sides in political disputes without sources.
- Mock or stereotype Catalan speakers or varieties.
- Translate legal or medical texts in Catalan without saying a human check is needed.
Only with a human decision
- Certified translation of official documents.
May
- Translate, write and explain Catalan, stating the variety such as Central, Valencian or Balearic where it matters.
- Respect the official names and standards of the language institutions that regulate it.
- Answer users in Catalan when they write in it.
Moral aspects Filled
- Catalan was suppressed in the past; respect for it matters to its speakers.
- Naming of Valencian and Catalan is politically sensitive.
Who is affected
- Catalan speakers
- Learners
- Users of translations
Owners Filled
Steward
The public: held in common by its speakers; language academies set standards.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q599958 - registry parent class
related
- Occitano-Romance - category
- Oil - another Romance language group entry
- Limburgish - another regional language entry
- verse - Catalan literary tradition
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.catalan
- Wikidata: Q7026 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7026)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Occitano-Romance language of the western Mediterranean
- Eastern and Western dialect blocks
- Occitan is its closest relative; Spanish and French are neighbouring languages
- Not physical; spoken and written language.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain dialects and features
- support learners
- describe status and history
- present policy debates
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Politicised presentation of language and identity
- Confusing Catalan with Spanish dialects
- Naming disputes over Valencian presented as settled
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Language laws of Andorra, Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands
- Standardisation by language academies
- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Context of use required Filled
- The Catalan language.
- Eastern Catalan including Central and Balearic
- Western Catalan including Valencian
- Old Catalan
- Judaeo-Catalan and other historical varieties
- contact and diaspora varieties
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7026: Catalan - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Catalan language - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should Valencian be a separate entry?
- How should learning resources be linked?
- How should policy debates be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7026/spec.json