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Andorra

Languages

Description

The official language is Catalan, but Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken. Most Andorran residents can speak one or more of these, in addition to Catalan.

According to mother tongue percentage statistics by the Andorran Government released in 2018 the principality has the following:

Mother tongue	%
Catalan	35.7%
Spanish	43.2%
Portuguese	17.1%
French	8.9%
Others	5.0%

Word List(s)

Catalan

• Useful Catalan phrases (Omniglot)
• Numbers in Catalan (Omniglot)
• Catalan Phrasebook (Wikitravel)

French

• French Genealogical Word List
• Most Common French Words (1000MostCommonWords)
• Useful French phrases (Omniglot)

Portuguese

• Portuguese Genealogical Word List
• Useful Portuguese phrases (Omniglot)

Spanish

• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Useful Spanish phrases (Omniglot)

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Catalan

• Catalan Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Catalan Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)

French

• French Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• French Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)

Portuguese

• Portuguese Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Portuguese Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)

Spanish

• Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Catalan

• Catalan to English Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Catalan Tutorial: Basic Catalan Phrases, Vocabulary, and Grammar (IeLanguages)

French

• French Handwriting
• French Letter Writing Guide
• French Languages
• French to English Dictionary (Cambridge)
• French to English Dictionary (Glosbe)
• French Dictionary (Lexilogos)

Portuguese

• Portuguese Letter-writing Guide
• Portuguese to English Dictionary (Glosbe)
• García, Teresa Alvarez, Sinda López Fuentes, and Ana Frankenberg-Garcia. Portuguese dictionary. Bishopbriggs, Glasgow: Collins, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.

Spanish

• Spanish Letter Writing Guide
• Spanish Handwriting Clarified
• Spanish to English Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Spanish Records Extraction Manual
• The Spanish Documents Script Tutorial (BYU.EDU)
• BYU Spanish Script Tutorial (BYU.EDU)

Additional Resources

• Andorra (EveryCulture)
• Andorra History, Language and Culture (WorldTravelGuide)