Mallorquí

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Mallorquí is a regional variety of the Catalan language traditionally spoken in parts of the island of Mallorca, including the area around Manacor.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language variety
dialect
regional variety of Catalan
associatedWith Mallorcan cultural identity
belongsToDialectGroup Eastern Catalan
linked to: Catalan
closelyRelatedTo Eivissenc
Menorquí
linked to: Minorca
hasAlternativeName mallorquí balear
mallorquí català
hasCulturalRole marker of local identity in Mallorca
vehicle of oral literature in Mallorca
hasFeature conservative phonetic traits typical of Balearic Catalan
distinct vowel system compared to Central Catalan
lexical items specific to Mallorca
presence of archaisms not common in mainland Catalan
use of article "es" instead of "el" in many contexts
hasLexicalTrait local agricultural and maritime vocabulary
hasMorphologicalTrait specific verb forms differing from Standard Catalan
hasPhonologicalTrait frequent reduction of unstressed vowels distinct from Central Catalan
hasSyntacticTrait use of particular clitic pronoun patterns
influencedBy Spanish language
linked to: Spanish

Standard Catalan
linked to: Catalan
isSubjectOf dialectological studies of Catalan
isUsedBy communities around Manacor
native speakers of Mallorca
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Romance languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Catalan dialects
partOf Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
regionOfUse rural areas of Mallorca
urban areas of Mallorca
spokenIn Balearic Islands
Mallorca
Spain
standardBasedOn Standard Catalan orthography
standardLanguage Catalan
status non-official variety of Catalan
subdialectOf Balearic Catalan
linked to: Catalan
traditionallySpokenIn Manacor area
eastern Mallorca
usedIn everyday informal communication in Mallorca
local oral traditions
popular music and folk songs
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manacor hasLocalLanguageVariant Mallorquí
Pollença usesLocalLanguageVariant Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
linked to: Mallorquí
Andratx localLanguageVariant Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
linked to: Mallorquí
Cala Millor regionalLanguage Mallorquí
Lluchmajor usesLanguageVariety Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
subject linked to: Lluchmajor, Mallorca, Spain
linked to: Mallorquí
Catalan people relatedEthnicity Balearic people
linked to: Mallorquí
Playa de Palma languageUsed Catalan (Mallorquí)
linked to: Mallorquí
Cala Major hasLanguage Catalan (Mallorquí)
linked to: Mallorquí
Calvià usesLanguage Mallorcan Catalan
subject linked to: municipality of Calvià
linked to: Mallorquí
Sineu languageSpoken Mallorcan Catalan
linked to: Mallorquí
Ariany usesLanguageVariety Mallorcan Catalan
linked to: Mallorquí
eastern Mallorca regionalLanguage Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan dialect)
linked to: Mallorquí
Son Servera usesLanguage Mallorcan Catalan
linked to: Mallorquí
Sant Llorenç des Cardassar hasLocalLanguageVariant Mallorcan Catalan
linked to: Mallorquí
Calvià usesLanguageVariant Balearic Catalan
linked to: Mallorquí
Cala Figuera languageUsed Catalan (Mallorquí)
linked to: Mallorquí
Cas Concos des Cavaller usesLanguage Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
linked to: Mallorquí
Banyalbufar usesLanguage Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
linked to: Mallorquí
Deià localLanguageVariant Mallorquí
Cala Bona hasLocalVariantLanguage Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
linked to: Mallorquí
s’Arenal languageUsed Catalan (Mallorquí)
linked to: Mallorquí
Felanitx hasLocalLanguageVariety Mallorquí
subject linked to: Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain
Mallorcans language Mallorquí
Manacor localVariantLanguage Mallorquí (Mallorcan Catalan)
subject linked to: Manacor, Mallorca, Spain
linked to: Mallorquí