The evolution of the knowledge of Valencian over two decades: the linguistic censuses from 1991 to 2011 Authors Raquel Casesnoves Ferrer IULA - UPF Keywords: language census, demolinguistics, knowledge of Valencian, Valencian Country. Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyse the linguistic data related to the Valencian language from the census of 2011 and to compare these results with data from previous censuses, particularly that of 2001. The interest of this analysis lies in the dissemination of data that has not been published elsewhere. The first part of the article portrays the demographic population of the Valencian Country and the second part examines the language census. The overall results show that 85% of the population of the Valencian Country aged 3 and over is able to understand the language and about half of the population is able to speak it; these levels are very similar to those found 20 years ago. In relation to formal skills, the literacy of the Valencian population continues to grow at a good pace. The results broken down by the demographic variables of age, place of birth and region of residence show important differences in both the level of knowledge of Valencian and its evolution. The section on the analysis of the territory reveals that there is a particular evolution of the knowledge of Valencian in some of the Valencian-speaking regions: Baix Maestrat, Costera, Comtat, Horta Oest and Ports. We attempt to find an explanation to these irregularities in demography and conclude by expressing suspicions about the reliability of the data from the census of 2011.Keywords: language census; demolinguistics; knowledge of Valencian; Valencian Country. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Raquel Casesnoves Ferrer, IULA - UPF Institut Universitari de Lingüística Aplicada, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2016-07-21 Issue No. 26 (2016): Les llengües en les tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació Section Secció Miscel·lània License Intellectual property Intellectual property in articles belongs to the respective authors. By submitting their articles to TSC to request their publication, authors agree to the following: Authors assign all rights of reproduction, public communication and distribution of articles submitted for publication in TSC to the SCS (a subsidiary of the IEC). Authors are accountable to the SCS for the authorship and originality of their articles. It is the responsibility of authors to obtain permissions to reproduce graphic material sourced from elsewhere and included in their articles. The SCS may not be held liable for any possible violation of intellectual property rights by authors. Material published in TSC is subject - unless otherwise indicated in the text or in graphic material - to a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Spain (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 ES) licence, the full text of which can be found at this link. Accordingly, the general public may reproduce, distribute and communicate the article provided the author and publisher are acknowledged and as long as no commercial or derivative use is made of the article. TSC cannot be held responsible for ideas and opinions as expressed by the authors of articles published in the journal.
