Languages of Catalonia
According to the government of Catalonia, Spanish, locally known as Castilian, is currently the most spoken language in Catalonia (45.9% daily users of Spanish vs. 35.6% daily users of Catalan vs. 11% daily users of both Spanish and Catalan) and especially in the Barcelona metropolitan area, as well as native language and usual language of many Catalan citizens. This language is widely prevalent in the press, cinema and in daily life.
Names of the Catalan language
In the twentieth century, after two dictatorships (those of Miguel Primo de Rivera and Francisco Franco) persecuted the Catalan language, controversy arose over language normalization in Valencia and the Balearic Islands, prompting a new mixed name: "català-valencià", and "català-valencià-balear".