Catalan: From minoritised to global language Authors Vicent Partal Montesinos Journalist and director of VilaWeb DOI: 10.2436/20.3000.02.92 DOI: 10.2436/20.3000.02.99 Keywords: catalan, globalisation, global language, linguistic ecology Abstract Catalan has managed to jump on the bandwagon of globalisation and carve an important niche for itself. Despite the internal problems it has to grapple with and deficits in certain areas, it has achieved global visibility and recognition, which translates into the language’s presence in numerous international services and companies, even ahead of other languages with a state. Catalan’s position as a global language seems to be indisputable. However, this is worth very little unless there is also social awareness of it, and this is precisely one of the most exciting challenges Catalan culture is facing. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) PDF Published 2025-06-27 Issue No. 15 (2025) Section Dossier License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On publishing articles to the journal Catalan Social Sciences Review (CSSR), authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Philosophy and Social Sciences Section (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles published in Catalan Social Sciences Review (CSSR).Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Philosophy and Social Sciences Section declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.Catalan Social Sciences Review (CSSR) is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
