Catalan

About Catalan

Catalan is a Romance language related to Spanish and French spoken in Barcelona, Valencia, the eastern coast of Spain, parts of Southern France and in the Republic of Andorra. lf you need to refer to additional characters, look under the Accents tab.

Note that Valencian is considered a disticnt variety of standard Catalan.

• Catalan Grammar
• Wikipedia Catalan Language

Windows ALT Codes

In Windows, combinations of the ALT key plus a numeric code from the number keypad can be used to type a non-English character in any Windows application.

See the detailed instructions on the ALT Code How To for complete information on implementing the code. Additional options for entering accents in Windows are also listed in the Accents section of this Web site.

Windows International Keyboard Codes

In order to use these codes you must activate the U.S. international keyboard.

Once the U.S. International keyboard has been activated, you can use the codes below.

Accented Vowels

This list is organized by Accent type. The sample shows a letter
with that accent, and the Notes present any special comments about
using that accent.

For the Template, the symbol "V" means type any vowel.

Example 1: To type lower case ó – Type the apostrophe key (‘), then O.  For capital Ó, type the apostrophe, then capital O.

Consonants and Puncutation

For these codes, you must make sure you use the Alt key on the right side of the keyboard.

Note: that there is no shortcut for
the joined O-E.

Windows Catalan Keyboard

If you wish to simulate a non U.S. keyboard, follow the instructions for
Activating Keyboard Locales to activate and switch Microsoft keyboards.

Macintosh Accent Codes

Accented Vowels

For the Template, the symbol "V" means any vowel. The
format is to hold the first two keys down simultaneously, release, then
type the vowel you wish to be accented.
Note: You should use the Catalan Keyboard if you need to type accents on the letter y.

Example 1: To input the lower case ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase o.
Example 2: To input the capital Ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release all three keys then type capital O.

Other Characters

Spanish Web Pages

If you are developing Web pages with Spanish content, the following information can make sure that the content is properly displayed.

Historical Encodings

Unicode (utf-8) is the preferred encoding for Web sites. However, the following historic encodings may still be encountered.

• iso-8859-1 (Latin 1),
• iso-8859-15 (adds support for the euro (€)
• win-1252

If possible, you should transition to Unicode.

Language Tags

Language Tags allow browsers and other software to process text more efficiently. They are also important for optimal screen reader accessibility.

• ca (Catalan, Standard) and
• ca-valencia (Valencian)

Web Pages

Historical Encodings

Unicode (utf-8) is the preferred encoding for Web sites. However, the following historic encodings may still be encountered.

• iso-8859-1 (Latin 1),
• iso-8859-15 (adds support for the euro (€)
• win-1252

Language Tags

Language Tags allow browsers and other software to process text more efficiently. They are also important for optimal screen reader accessibility.

These are the codes which allow browsers and screen readers to process data as the appropriate language. All letters in codes are lower case.

• ca (Catalan, Standard)
• ca-valencia (Valencian)

HTML Entity Codes

Use these codes to input accented letters in HTML. For instance, if you
want to type algú you would type alg&uacte;.

The numbers in parentheses are the numeric codes assigned in Unicode encoding. For instance, because ú is number 250, algú can also be used to input algú. These numbers are also used with the Windows Alt codes listed above.

Links

Linux/Unix

• Linux Accent Codes (English)
• CALIU (Catalan Linux user group)

Catalan Language

• Orbilat Catalan Page

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