If I ask you the name of the people who speak Catalan, you will easily tell Catalan. And if I ask you the name of the people living in Catalonia you will say Catalan as well. Easy, right? However, there is a problem. You will call Catalan to people that is not from Catalonia. Valencia and Mallorca are two other territories where the inhabitants speak Catalan as a local language but they are not from Catalonia as most of the people know Catalonia. There are more territories like that! Something similar happens with Spanish and English, and nobody get confused. But with Catalan is different. The main reason is because the Catalans have not an own State.

To avoid misunderstandings the Catalan people use the name Països Catalans

(Catalan Countries) to refer to the territories where people speak Catalan. But there is a new problem translating Països Catalans into English as «Catalan Countries» is a name that makes no sense in English.


For that reason I suggest a poll to suggest a different name for the Catalan Countries or reinforce the one exisitng.

If you want to add any name to the poll, please don’t hesitate to write as a comment. In a short period of time, it will be included*

*I reserve the right to don’t publish any name if it is not respectful

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