30+ Facts About Languages In Andorra That You Need To Know

Have you ever asked yourself what language do they speak in Andorra? This listicle will provide you with all the answers you were looking for!

Catalan is the only official language of Andorra. Here are a few words you should know: hola (hello), adeu (goodbye), si (yes), no (no).
According to the Government of Andorra, in 2022, 44.1% of the population has Catalan as their first language.
The variety of Catalan spoken in Andorra is North-Western Catalan .
According to the Government of Andorra, in 2022, 10% of the population speaks French at home.
Portuguese is the third most spoken language in Andorra. According to the Andorran Government over 10% of Andorra's population is Portuguese.
In Andorra, there are three schooling systems which use either Catalan , Spanish or French as the language of instruction.
All of Andorra's entries in the Eurovision Song Contest have been exclusively or partially in the Catalan language. Andorra's first entry was in 2004, "Jugarem a estimar-nos", performed by Marta Roure. The song won the Andorran preseleccion show "12 Punts" which was broadcasted by both Andorra Televisió, Andorra's national broadcaster and TV3, Catalunya's public broadcaster.
A language related to Basque was most probably spoken in Andorra before the arrival of the Romans.
According to the Government of Andorra, in 2022, 44% of the population speaks Spanish at home.
There are two private schools in Andorra which have English as the language of instruction (one is mainly in English, the other is bilingual English-Spanish).
According to the Council of Europe, approximately 40% of children in Andorra attend schools where Catalan is the main language.
According to the Council of Europe, approximately a third of children in Andorra attend schools where French is the main language.
Approximately a quarter of children in Andorra attend schools where Spanish is the main language.
According to the Government of Andorra, in 2022, 40.3% of the population has Spanish as their first language.
The public television broadcaster of Andorra broadcasts in Catalan : Andorra Televisió.
English is the first language of 3% of the Andorran population, according to the Andorran Government.
Spanish-language television is popular in Andorra.
According to a study published by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2019, 70.9% of the Andorran population can speak Catalan at a very high standard.
The most popular newspaper in Andorra El Periòdic d'Andorra is in Catalan . It was founded in 1997.
Over half the population identifies with the Catalan language, according to data from the Government of Andorra.
According to YouTube, in 2022, the ten most listened-to songs in Andorra were in the Spanish language.
Catalan is the main language of the University of Andorra.
According to the Government of Andorra, in 2022, 48.2% of the population says Catalan is the most used language at work.
According to the Government of Andorra, in 2022, 41.4% of the population says Catalan is the language they use the most with friends.
According to a study published by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2019, 81.7% of the Andorran population have a high understanding of Catalan .
The official motto of the Principality of Andorra is in Latin Virtus Unita Fortior (United Virtue is Stronger).
Two Portuguese channels (RTP Internacional and TVI Internacional) are available on digital terrestrial television in Andorra.
Two English-language channels (BBC World News and CNN International) are available on digital terrestrial television in Andorra.
Andorra sent the first song in Catalan to the Eurovision Song Contest: Jugarem a estimar-nos by Marta Roure, in 2004.
According to figures published by Semrush in September 2023, the most visited news website in Andorra is the Spanish-language newspaper El Mundo.
Andorra has neither signed nor ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

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