Catalan Language - Classification

Classification

The ascription of Catalan to the Occitano-Romance branch of Gallo-Romance languages is not shared by all linguists, particularly those from Spanish-speaking areas.

According to Pèire Bèc, its specific classification is as follows:

• Indo-European languages
  • Italic languages
    • Romance languages
      • Italo-Western languages
        • Western Romance languages
          • Gallo-Iberian languages
            • Gallo-Romance languages (has alternatively been classified as an Ibero-Romance language)
              • Occitano-Romance languages (has alternatively been classified as an East Iberian language)
                • Catalan language

Catalan bears varying degrees of similarity to the linguistic varieties subsumed under the cover term Occitan language (see also differences between Occitan and Catalan and Gallo-Romance languages). Thus, as it should be expected from closely related languages, Catalan today shares many traits with other Romance languages.