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4 unusual facts about Valencian language controversy


Valencian language controversy

It can be then distinguished from the other major standard, the "Catalan of Barcelona" or Central Catalan group of varieties.

In May 2006, the Spanish Supreme Court revoked the instruction ordered by the Valencian Education Department in 1995, which had established that validation of Catalan language qualifications issued by either the Catalan or Balearic autonomous governments no longer applied in the Valencian Community.

The different background and evolution of local elites in Valencia and Barcelona fueled a sense of city rivalry, particularly present in the former.

The Valencian sociolinguist Rafael Ninyoles i Monllor coined the term linguistic conflict by the end of the 1960s for referring to certain diglossic situations, such as the Valencian one.



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