카탈란어(Catalán)의 특징 및 인접언어들과의 관계

Characteristics of Catalán Language and Its Relation with Neighboring Languages

The primary purpose of this paper is to show that the Catalán language is not a Spanish dialect as we believe in Korea. For historical reasons, this language is related more to Occitan, which is a southern French language, than to Spanish, in spite of Catalán’s location within the Iberian peninsula. Actually Catalan is considered a bridge- language between the Iberomance and Galloromance languages. This paper shows you how it compares to and contrasts with neighboring languages, especially in phonology and lexicology. In these fields, it’s most similar to Occitan, and then to French, Portuguese, and Spanish in descending order.