 The Statute, as reformed in 2006, recalls the foral civil law, while it also recognizes Valencia as a nationality.Valencian (a southern dialect of the Catalan language) is spoken alongside Spanish in around two thirds of the territory of the Valencian Community and in most of the more densely populated coastal areas.It is not commonly used in some inland areas and in the far south, and its use has declined in the two main cities of Alicante and Valencia.