The legislation affecting the Catalan is different according to teh state where it is spoken. So, in Andorra it is the only official language and in Spain it is coofficial, together with the Spanish, at the autonomous regions of Catalonia, Valencia and at the Balearic Islands; moreover, in Catalonia and at the Balearics has the condition of own language. In change, it does not have this status in Alguer (Italy), nor in the North of Catalonia (France), nor at the strip of Aragón nor at the Carxe.

The Catalan is one of the languages composing the linguistic diversity and richness of the world (approximately 6.000 different languages are currently spoken). It takes part of the group of the Romance languages, composed from the evolution of the common Latin, together with the Galician-Portuguese, the Spanish, the French, the Occitan, the Retoromance, the Sard and the Romanian

Regulations of the appropriate use of the Catalan at the Consell

The Office of Defense of Linguistic Rights (ODDL) is an initiative aimed to ensure the right of using the Catalan in all the areas and services of the Balearic Islands.