MALLORCA
Language

Cities in MALLORCA

Ca'n pastilla	Ca'n picafort	Cala d’or
Cala millor	El arenal	Magaluf
Palma de mallorca	Palma nova	Playa de muro
Playa de palma	Puerto de alcudia	Sa coma
	Santa ponsa

Popular destinations SPAIN

Andalusia	Catalonia	Costa blanca
Costa brava	Costa del sol	El hierro
Formentera	Fuerteventura	Gran canaria
Ibiza	La gomera	La palma
Lanzarote	Mallorca	Menorca
	Tenerife

Language

Map of Spanish Dialects, Mallorca_{Photo: Stephen Shaw at the English Wikipedia CC 3.0 no changes made}

Two languages are spoken and written in Mallorca, Mallorquin, a Catalan dialect, and Castilian Spanish (Castellano). In the thirteenth century, Catalan (Català) supplanted the Arabic of the Moors. After the unification of Spain, the court language, Castilian, became increasingly important and in 1715 declared the official language of all Spain, including the Balearic Islands.

It was not until the nineteenth century that there was more attention for Catalan again and its autonomous status since 1983 has made Catalan an official language again in the Balearic Islands.

A dialect of Catalan, Mallorquin is difficult to understand even for mainland Spaniards, and differs in both pronunciation and vocabulary.

English Castilian Mallorquin

• shower ducha dutxa
• double room habitación doble habitacio doble
• bad baño bany
• toilet sink toaleta
• key llave clau
• bank banco banc
• post office la oficina de correos correus
• credit card tarjeta de crédito carta de credit
• breakfast el desayuno berenar
• water el agua aigua
• wine vino vi

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Sources

Dominicus, J. / Mallorca
Gottmer

Lee, P. / The rough guide to Majorca
Rough Guides

Nahm, P. / Majorca, Minorca
Baedeker

Rokebrand, R. / Reishandboek Mallorca
Elmar

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