Av. Campanar, 32. 46015 València Tel. 961 970 457 – www.ceice.gva.es index _ Technical Specifications ...... 3

KNOWLEDGE _ Knowledge of the by areas of linguistic predominance ...... 6 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language in each region ...... 7 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by age and sex ...... 9 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by place of birth ...... 10 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by the time spent living in the ...... 11 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by the level of studies ...... 12 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by the main activity ...... 13 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language according to social class ...... 14 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by the labour situation ...... 15 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language according to an ideological scale ...... 17 _ Valencian learning ...... 18

USE

_ Use of the Valencian language in Valencian-speaking regions ...... 20

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

_ Assessment of the Valencian language. Total Valencian Community ...... 26 _ Assessment of the Valencian language usage in areas of linguistic predominance ...... 27 _ Assessment of the Valencian language usage in Valencian-speaking regions ...... 29 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

_ What other languages does he/she know ...... 31 _ Knowledge of other languages ...... 32 DE UTIEL-REQUENA DE ADEMUZ EL RINCÓN LA PLANA LA COFRENTES-AYORA EL VALLE LES VALLS VINALOPÓ DE VINALOPÓ DEL EL ALTO DE BUÑOL LA HOYALA LA VEGA LA DE NAVARRÉS BAJA LA CANAL LA LA VINALOPÓ MEDIO VINALOPÓ EL BAIX EL PALANCIA L’ALCOIÀ EL ALTO DE TÚRIA EL CAMP LA RIBERA LA MIJARES D’ALBAIDA LTA A EL ALTO VALÈNCIA LA VALLLA L’ALACANTÍ EL

EL CAMPDE LA RIBERA LA MORVEDRE L’ALCALATÉN BAIXA Alacant LA PLANA LA València ELS BAIXA LA MARINA LA MAESTRAT LA BAIXA ’ LT L’A

LA PLANA LA LTA A LA MARINA LA de laPlana Castelló LTA A MAESTRAT EL BAIX

A M S E E D E A N I T E R R A N Valencian speakers and oneforSpanishspeakers): each ofthem an independent sample isdesigned (five for ofsamples: SixregionsDistribution are considered, and for       the Ports regions. the Ports the Alcalatén, the AltMaestrat, the , regions. the Costera, the Campde Túria, the Campde Morvedre the Alcoià,the Vall d’Albaida, the Saforregions. the Valls del Vinalopó, the regions. subregions, Requena- region, Orihuela region. The region ofSpanish speakers isdivided, inturn,into two the PlanaBaixa,Region ofCastelló: the PlanaAlta, Region ofValència: the , the , Sud regions. Oest, the , the Horta the Horta Region ofValència cityandmetropolitan area: València, Region ofAlcoi-Gandia:the ,the Comtat, Region ofAlacant: Navarrés, the Alto Vinalopó, the Vinalopó Medio and Requena, the Valle de Cofrentes-Ayora, the Canalde the Serranos, the Hoya de Buñol, the Plana de Utiel- The , the Alto Palancia, the Rincón de Ademuz, the Vega Baja regions. the Baix Vinalopó, the Alacantí,

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3 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index Municipalities ofmore than100,000inhabitants Municipalities from 25,001to 100,000inhabitants Municipalities from10,001 to 25,000inhabitants Municipalities ofless than10,000inhabitants From 65and older. From 55to 64years From 45to 54years From 35to 44years From 25to 34years From15 to 24years and according to fourpopulationstrata: Stratification ofsamples: For age and sex quotas, 95.5% Confidence interval: group and of+/-3% foreach region. work withinthe statisticerror margin of+/-1.2% forthe balanced Statistic error margin: The size ofthe sample enables usto the Valencian Communityaccording to the 2014local register. Universe: Group of15-year-old individualsand older, thatlive in

Conselleria d'Educació, Investigació, Cultura iEsport. del Multilingüisme. Direcció General de Política LigüísticaiGestió del Multilingüisme. d'Estudis iPlanificació (SEP). SubdireccióServei General de Política LingüísticaiGestió Data source: Survey ofKnowledge andSocialUseofValencian Language. and Region ofOrihuela 1,112 Region ofSpanish speakers: Region ofRequena-Segorbe Region ofValència city and metropolitan area 1,120 Region ofCastelló 1,111 Region ofValència 1,112 Region ofAlcoi-Gandia 1,112 Region ofAlacant 1,124 distributed by regions: 6,691 personal interviews, Size ofthesample:6,691personal interviews, DOS, SL. Field work:SIGMA Execution ofwork:May -November 2015. region. quota systemthatreflects the age and sex distribution for each by means ofa system ofrandom route complemented witha Selection ofthelastunitsampling:Ithas been selected

4 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index KNOWLEDGE USE

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KNOWLEDGE _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by areas of linguistic predominance ...... 6 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language in each region ...... 7 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by age and sex ...... 9 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by place of birth ...... 10

_ Knowledge of the Valencian language by the time spent PERSPECTIVES FUTURE living in the Valencian Community ...... 11 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by the level of studies ...... 12 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by the main activity ...... 13 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language according to social class ...... 14 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language by the labour situation ...... 15 _ Knowledge of the Valencian language according to an ideological scale ...... 17 _ Valencian learning ...... 18 KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE BY AREAS OF LINGUISTIC PREDOMINANCE Nothing Understand (%) Nothing (%) speak Can Nothing readCan (%) Nothing write Can (%) A little A little A little A little Quite good Quite good Quite good Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Quite good Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref TOTAL 21.7 20.1 40.3 21.4 27.3 27.0 24.9 28.3 17.9 24.9 20.2 14.5 44.1 33.0 28.0 6.2 0.1 - - - speaking area Valencian 0.1 16.7 16.2 36.2 18.7 26.8 26.5 25.5 28.3 19.0 25.8 22.8 15.5 49.3 37.4 31.4 3.6 0.1 0.2 -

speaking area Spanish 23.3 54.8 45.9 67.8 39.4 30.5 30.1 20.8 28.3 10.7 19.1 3.3 8.1 9.0 4.0 4.9 - - - -

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

6 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index Understand KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE IN EACH REGION Nothing Understand (%) A little Quite good Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref 37.2% 37.2% 90.1% 30.4 32.7 33.2 3.6 0.1 Region 65.9%

of Alacant 74.4% 87.9% 20.0 67.9 2.2 9.7 0.2 Region of Alcoi-Gandia 86.3% 21.3 68.8 2.7 7.1 0.1 Region of València Quite good+Perfectly 21.6 64.7 3.9 9.8

- Region of Castelló Understand 90 -100% 80 -90% 70 -80% 60 -70% 50 -60% 40 -50% 30 -40% 21.2 33.3 41.2 4.4

- València city and its metropolitan area Can speak Nothing (%) speak Can A little Quite good Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref 14.7% 14.7% 77.2% 15.3 40.2 20.7 23.4 0.4 Region 44.1% of Alacant 45.8% 77.8% 10.1 11.8 19.3 58.6 0.2 Region of Alcoi-Gandia 65.8% 13.8 18.4 58.7 9.0

- Region of València Quite good+Perfectly 15.0 19.2 13.6 52.2

- Region of Castelló Can speak 70 -80% 60 -70% 50 -60% 40 -50% 30 -40% 20 -30% 10 -20% 23.8 30.3 19.7 26.1 0.2

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KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

7 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE IN EACH REGION Can read Nothing readCan (%) A little Quite good Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref 24.0% 24.0% 70.3% 10.7 36.9 30.0 22.4 0.1 Region 52.4% of Alacant 50.0% 60,2% 72.6% 20.3 7.0 25.0 47.6 0.1 Region 57.2% of Alcoi-Gandia 10.3 19.1 21.6 48.8 0.2 Region of València Quite good+Perfectly 25.8 17.1 19.1 38.0

- Region of Castelló Can read 70 -80% 60 -70% 50 -60% 40 -50% 30 -40% 20 -30% 22.4 27.5 27.1 23.0

- València city and its metropolitan area Nothing write Can (%) A little Quite good Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref Can write 11.4% 11.4% 52.0% 38.9 30.2 15.5 15.4

- Region 30.9%

of Alacant 32.3% 51.9% 22.8 25.2 15.6 36.3 0.1 Region of Alcoi-Gandia 40.9% 23.3 24.5 17.1 34.9 0.2 Region of València Quite good+Perfectly 40.1 18.9 11.4 29.6

- Region of Castelló Can write 50 -60% 40 -50% 30 -40% 20 -30% 10 -20% 42.7 25.0 16.4 16.0

- València city and its metropolitan area

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

8 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index

KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE BY AGE AND SEX 100 100 97.4 94.3 93.6 A little + Quite good+Perfectly:A little+Quite 94.6 94.2 80 80 91.1 91.2 83.5 81.0 73.6 76.9 73.8 60 60 Quite good+Perfectly: 80.2 75.6 73.5 72.7 69.5 65.8 40 40 60,9 56,8 48,5 48.1 49.7 48.3 20 20 Male Male Understand Can speak 0 0 65 &more 65 &more [15-24] [25-34] [35-44] [45-54] [55-64] [15-24] [25-34] [35-44] [45-54] [55-64] (%) (%) Understand Understand 0 0 Female Female 20 20 69.7 54.5 48.3 47.9 46.0 45.7 40 40

84.5 75.5 72.0 72.1 69.6 66.6 68.7 74.8 77.0 78.0 60 60 81.1 Canspeak Canspeak 92.6 91.7 92.1 95.6 94.9 92.0 80 80 97.1 100 100

100 100 93.3 A little + Quite good+Perfectly:A little+Quite 80 86.4 80 88.5 81.4 77.9 75.6 60 77.6 60 67.8 Quite good+Perfectly: 70.3 51.8 40 40 50.2 37.1 72.2 65.3 57.4 46.6 45.7 35.5 20 20 60.8 50.2 40.2 28.4 20.8 13.5 Male Male Can write Can read 0 0 65 &more 65 &more [15-24] [25-34] [35-44] [45-54] [55-64] [15-24] [25-34] [35-44] [45-54] [55-64] (%) (%) 0 0 Canread Canread Female Female 11.5 70.1 53.6 42.5 31.6 20.5 82.1 65.2 60.4 52.5 42.7 32.0 20 20 31.3 46.2 59.4 67.9 40 40 74.3 68.2 Canwrite Canwrite 82.2 60 60 75.0 84.8 83.9 91.1 94.1 80 80 100 100

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

9 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE BY PLACE OF BIRTH Quite good A little Nothing Understand (%) Nothing (%) speak Can Nothing readCan (%) Nothing write Can (%) Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly A little A little A little Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Quite good Quite good Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Quite good Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Valencian-speaking area, BalearicI./Catalonia 28.1 22.3 61.6 20.2 20.5 27.3 49.6 23.5 30.1 30.8 19.5 41.8 9.8 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 6.6 7.5

speaking area Spanish 31.4 11.2 31.8 37.6 33.1 55.1 25.7 34.6 32.8 25.4 14.0 13.8 22.2 11.1 11.9 8.4 - - - - the Community Outside 16.2 0.1 41.0 15.8 26.9 45.8 40.3 71.1 38.7 37.9 19.6 15.2 0.3 7.1 8.1 0.1 3.6 5.7 0.1 6.5

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 10 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index 100 KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE BY THE TIME SPENT LIVING IN THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY (%) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 84.2 97.5

All his/herlife 65.0 88.2 A little+QuitegoodPerfectly: 65.3 88.3 45.0 72.4 Quite good+Perfectly: More than30years 94.1 58.6 63.4 25.0 65.7 28.1 11.8 31.0 Understand Understand From 20to 29years 63.4 90.0 28.2 69.2 41.1 70.7 Canspeak Canspeak 14.8 42.2 84.4 38.4 Canread Canread From 10to 19 years 14.6 53.0 23.0 60.1

11.9 31.3 Canwrite Canwrite 21.1 67.6 Less than10 37.6 7.7 12.3 47.9 23.8 8.0

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 11 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index 100 KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE BY THE LEVEL OF STUDIES (%) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 53.0 85.3 Without studies 36.8 62.4 18.7 52.4

27.0 6.5 A little+QuitegoodPerfectly: 62.3 90.8 Quite good+Perfectly: 42.0 69,9 Primary 69.1 33.3 13.2 37.1 71.0 94.4 Secondary Secondary 46.6 77.8 education Understand Understand 49.1 78.9 30.1 56.9 Canspeak Canspeak 76.9 95.4 A levels/vocational 56.1 82.5 training 62.1 85.7 44.2 71.3 Canread Canread 82.4 94.9 Mid-level university

63.3 84.9 studies Canwrite Canwrite 70.0 88.4 57.2 75.7 81.6 95.6 Higher university 60.9 84.2 studies 72.7 90.0 52.9 74.1

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 12 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index *Services: commerce,*Services: publicadministration, hospitality, professional counseling,otherservices. services/ KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE BY THE LABOUR SITUATION Dk/Na/Ref Dk/Na/Ref Dk/Na/Ref Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Perfectly Perfectly Perfectly Quite good Quite good Quite good Quite good A little A little A little A little Nothing Understand (%) Nothing (%) speak Can Nothing write Can (%) Nothing readCan (%) Stockbreeding/Fishing Agriculture/ 34.8 22.2 14.6 42.4 10.6 16.9 16.5 21.1 20.1 19.7 28.8 21.4 14.9 28.6 54.7 32.3 0.2 0.2 - - Workshop Industry/ Industry/ 31.7 22.8 13.7 43.4 11.6 18.2 23.0 31.0 27.8 28.7 32.2 20.7 21.2 46.8 22.0 0.3 0.1 4.9 - - Building 30.8 19.2 14.3 38.1 13.6 16.9 24.8 28.8 19.7 26.8 30.2 24.4 25.4 52.4 25.9 8.8 - - - - Services* 33.4 31.3 22.7 45.9 14.4 17.2 25.0 27.6 25.5 28.4 26.1 21.6 20.7 37.4 17.6 0.2 4.9 - - - Housewife 27.6 13.7 36.4 13.7 20.5 25.6 24.8 25.8 32.8 27.1 32.8 59.7 32.9 10.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 8.2 7.1 Student 39.5 41.7 48.8 36.3 27.4 37.4 31.4 35.1 21.9 24.3 13.9 12.5 10.4 8.8 7.0 3.6 - - - -

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 13 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index 100 KNOWLEDGE OF VALENCIAN LANGUAGE ACCORDING TO SOCIAL CLASS (%) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 52.5 76.7 Lower class 43.8 62.8 48.3 68.6

40.7 52.3 A little+QuitegoodPerfectly: Lower-middle class 77.5 92.6 86.3 57.5 Quite good+Perfectly: 87.4 62.7 43.0 69.5 95.0 74.9 Middle class 80.0 53.4 81.5 57.4 Understand Understand 63.1 38.7 72.2 94.7 Upper-middle class 50.4 79.0 49.0 80.6 Canspeak Canspeak 30.6 57.8 58.8 87.3 Upper class 36.7 63.8 Canread Canread 35.5 65.6 41.6 20.7

Canwrite Canwrite 67.3 83.6 Does notknow 50.5 75.5 40.3 75.5 25.9 61.6 58.0 87.6 No answer 51.1 75.9 44.3 87.6 41.4 62.1

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 14 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE BY THE LABOUR SITUATION Dk/Na/Ref Dk/Na/Ref Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Quite good Quite good Quite good Perfectly A little A little A little Quite good Nothing write Can (%) Nothing readCan (%) Nothing (%) speak Can Nothing Understand (%) A little Businessman with empl. 41.7 41.2 29.1 21.2 13.8 56.7 30.8 23.3 27.6 21.2 32.0 13.8 17.4 15.6 8.1 6.5 - - - -

without empl. Businessman 38.4 41.0 28.1 22.7 14.5 53.7 14.8 28.9 22.8 27.7 24.1 28.2 16.1 16.8 17.2 5.0 - - - -

Coop. works Member 47.2 47.2 12.6 12.0 12.0 47.2 34.6 23.3 29.5 34.6 12.0 29.5 11.3 40.8 6.2 - - - - -

wage earner Steady 34.1 33.9 25.2 27.2 19.7 47.3 18.5 26.3 24.1 28.2 29.9 30.0 14.5 18.0 19.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.2 -

wage earner Temporary 29.0 29.3 23.3 27.8 19.1 39.6 18.2 25.5 23.8 30.5 30.9 32.9 19.3 21.2 21.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 8.3 - >

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 15 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE BY THE LABOUR SITUATION A little A little Quite good Quite good Perfectly Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref Dk/Na/Ref Nothing write Can (%) Nothing readCan (%) A little Nothing (%) speak Can Nothing Understand (%) A little Quite good Dk/Na/Ref Perfectly Quite good Perfectly Dk/Na/Ref without salary Worker 26.8 15.7 14.0 25.1 37.1 59.2 18.0 22.1 29.3 35.6 16.8 31.1 15.3 44.5 9.4 - - - - -

Unemployed with unempl. benefit 31.2 26.5 25.4 28.2 24.2 40.3 21.2 44.3 19.2 32.0 25.6 17.5 17.1 13.1 29.1 5.0 0.3 - - - Unemployed without unempl. benefit 28.8 23.0 25.0 29.4 25.9 40.6 24.8 40.1 20.3 28.6 27.6 17.3 20.4 11.9 29.0 6.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Pensioner Retired. 34.1 24.0 18.4 25.1 19.1 43.0 27.0 63.5 28.3 24.4 20.5 15.0 33.3 7.9 0.3 9.2 6.7 - - -

first job Looks 22.6 17.7 27.7 30.0 42.2 51.5 13.1 18.6 22.8 24.4 23.3 28.9 28.1 40.9 0.8 7.5 - - - -

correspond Does not 21.7 24.1 20.3 28.4 30.1 25.8 41.6 22.2 37.8 25.1 21.0 17.8 23.4 19.8 32.8 8.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 16 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index

KNOWLEDGE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE ACCORDING TO AN IDEOLOGICAL SCALE 100 100 (%) (%) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 0 A little + Quite good+Perfectly:A little+Quite Quite good+Perfectly: Left-wing Left-wing 58.0 81.7 96.6 78.5 96.9 58.1 84.5 79.1 Can speak Understand 51.0 79.7 95.5 74.6 Understand Understand 50.3 76.4 74.6 94.2 Rigth-wing Rigth-wing 45.8 74.9 65.4 92.7

Canspeak Canspeak 100 100 (%) (%) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 0

A little + Quite good+Perfectly:A little+Quite Quite good+Perfectly: Left-wing Left-wing 42.3 65.2 83.7 59.0 87.5 41.8 69.6 60.6 Can write Can read 34.3 59.5 55.2 81.2 Canread Canread 29.7 56.5 53.0 82.8 Rigth-wing Rigth-wing 26.8 50.8 43.3 75.5 Canwrite Canwrite

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 17 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index (%) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 VALENCIAN LEARNING 0 52.7 With his/her He/She haslearnt to speak inValencian language... family 30.9 31.9 15.5 With his/her friends 4.3 3.1 23.1 neighbours With the 8.7 6.2 44.2 At school 48.2 He/Shehas learnt to read inValencian language... 60.7 7.2 In courses 8.6 10.1 9.7 On his/her 23.6 own 14.3 3.2 At work 1.9

1.5 He/Shehaslearntto write in Valencian language... 1.6 Others 1.8 1.1 1.4 Dk/Na/Ref 1.2 0.6

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 18 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index KNOWLEDGE USE

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USE

_ Use of the Valencian language in Valencian-speaking regions ...... 20 _ Language spoken at home ...... 20 _ Language spoken with friends ...... 20 _ Language spoken at traditional shops ...... 21 _ Language spoken at shopping centres ...... 21

_ Language spoken in the street with strangers ...... 22 PERSPECTIVES FUTURE _ Language spoken at work in internal relationships ...... 22 _ Language spoken at work in external relationships ...... 23 _ Language used in the browser's main page ...... 23 _ Language used in the electronic mail ...... 24 _ Language used in social networks: forums, blogs, chats...... 24 USE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE IN VALENCIAN-SPEAKING REGIONS Either More Valencian thanSpanishlanguage Generally Spanishlanguage More SpanishthanValencian language Generally Spanishlanguage More SpanishthanValencian language Either More Valencian thanSpanishlanguage Generally Valencian language Always Spanishlanguage Generally Valencian language Always Valencian language spokenLanguage with friends (%) Always Spanishlanguage Always Valencian language spokenLanguage at home (%) Dk/Na/Ref Another language Dk/Na/Ref Another language Speaking Area Speaking Area Valencian Valencian 15.5 43.3 17.6 45.6 23.5 3.2 8.5 2.6 7.7 2.8 9.3 2.0 5.5 7.3 0.3 1.7 0.4 3.2

of Alacant of Alacant Region Region 13.1 65.0 66.5 2.7 7.4 1.8 6.4 2.6 8.1 2.1 2.5 3.0 4.6 7.7 2.3 4.0 - - of Alcoi-Gandia of Alcoi-Gandia Region Region 10.1 19.2 10.3 37.6 46.2 20.7 23.4 4.5 0.4 4.2 1.5 3.7 1.5 2.0 8.2 2.1 4.5 - València city and its València city andits metropolitan area metropolitan area 11.1 12.6 12.1 16.0 13.0 46.7 49.2 7.7 8.1 3.0 4.1 0.8 4.4 1.7 6.1 0.9 1.5 0.9 of València of València Region Region 12.1 51.2 43.2 21.7 24.2 9.9 3.0 2.7 0.6 1.7 7.4 1.6 5.8 6.2 5.7 0.9 1.7 0.2

of Castelló of Castelló Region Region 18.6 30.9 22.3 36.4 39.3 8.8 3.8 1.4 0.1 1.0 7.8 3.0 6.6 5.9 4.4 2.7 6.9 0.1 >

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 20 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index USE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE IN VALENCIAN-SPEAKING REGIONS Generally Valencian language Always Valencian language spokenLanguage at shopping centres (%) Generally Valencian language Always Valencian language spokenLanguage at traditional shops (%) Either More Valencian thanSpanishlanguage Generally Spanishlanguage More SpanishthanValencian language Always Spanishlanguage Either More Valencian thanSpanishlanguage Generally Spanishlanguage More SpanishthanValencian language Always Spanishlanguage Dk/Na/Ref Another language Dk/Na/Ref Another language Speaking Area Speaking Area Valencian Valencian 10.0 17.7 13.1 12.1 53.2 12.9 10.2 46.8 5.0 5.7 2.7 3.2 2.6 2.8 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5

of Alacant of Alacant Region Region 80.2 70.4 0.5 1.9 3.1 4.6 9.9 1.8 9.3 2.3 4.5 0.5 7.5 2.0 0.1 0.7 0.7 - of Alcoi-Gandia of Alcoi-Gandia Region Region 20.1 10.6 38.3 19.0 24.3 29.2 21.5 9.8 4.2 7.9 4.0 4.6 4.6 1.6 0.2 0.2 - - València city and its València city andits metropolitan area metropolitan area 14.7 18.7 13.1 17.3 54.4 50.4 4.0 3.0 6.0 2.4 2.2 4.2 1.5 4.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 of València of València Region Region 24.6 10.6 44.6 12.1 13.4 31.3 23.8 9.2 3.6 3.5 8.3 6.2 2.1 5.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3

of Castelló of Castelló Region Region 17.1 26.7 17.4 13.9 43.7 39.6 8.2 3.4 1.3 8.3 8.4 3.6 1.4 6.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 >

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 21 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index USE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE IN VALENCIAN-SPEAKING REGIONS Either More Valencian thanSpanishlanguage Generally Valencian language Always Valencian language spokenLanguage at work in internal relationships (%) Generally Valencian language Always Valencian language spokenLanguage in the street with strangers (%) Generally Spanishlanguage More Spanish thanValencian language Always Spanishlanguage Either More Valencian thanSpanishlanguage Do notuse Dk/Na/Ref Another language Generally Spanishlanguage More SpanishthanValencian language Always Spanishlanguage Dk/Na/Ref Another language Speaking Area Speaking Area Valencian Valencian 21.5 11.1 11.7 41.8 16.5 10.7 47.4 3.0 7.6 6.2 8.6 3.1 3.2 1.3 0.7 1.3 3.5 0.3 0.5

of Alacant of Alacant Region Region 17.2 62.5 12.2 70.3 1.5 3.6 2.3 1.8 3.0 6.4 2.8 1.7 0.2 1.3 2.1 7.7 2.5 0.8 - of Alcoi-Gandia of Alcoi-Gandia Region Region 10.8 25.4 26.0 29.9 20.4 29.0 22.6 4.9 9.4 4.8 2.0 5.2 0.1 0.4 1.3 5.9 1.5 0.3 - València city and its València city andits metropolitan area metropolitan area 13.0 22.7 16.8 44.8 15.8 49.5 5.8 4.5 4.6 2.1 3.7 4.8 2.4 1.2 0.8 0.4 5.8 0.7 0.7 of València of València Region Region 13.2 28.3 28.2 16.9 14.3 23.6 15.6 26.4 5.0 2.7 6.8 5.4 2.3 1.3 2.9 6.8 0.1 0.2 -

of Castelló of Castelló Region Region 10.3 12.3 16.1 24.2 10.1 35.1 16.0 43.4 3.9 1.1 7.1 3.8 3.8 1.9 1.5 0.3 8.7 0.4 0.1 >

KNOWLEDGE USE FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 22 Knowledge and Social Use of Valencian Language. General Survey 2015 index 18% ofthe populationofthe Valencian-speaking area say thatwrites inValencian online. The followingdata are obtained from this18% USE OF THE VALENCIAN LANGUAGE IN VALENCIAN-SPEAKING REGIONS Do notuse Dk/Na/Ref Another language Always Spanishlanguage Do notuse Always Spanishlanguage Generally Spanishlanguage More SpanishthanValencian language Generally Spanishlanguage Dk/Na/Ref Another language Either Generally Valencian language More SpanishthanValencian language Either More Valencian thanSpanishlanguage Always Valencian language used Language in the browser's main page (%) Always Valencian language spokenLanguage at work in external relationships (%) Generally Valencian language More Valencian thanSpanishlanguage Speaking Area Speaking Area Valencian Valencian 38.9 13.2 12.0 35.6 16.9 25.2 3.5 0.5 1.4 2.0 5.4 8.9 1.1 3.0 3.4 6.8 4.1 8.0 7.0 3.0

of Alacant of Alacant Region Region 60.0 14.5 10.2 19.2 29.6 17.8 1.6 0.6 2.9 8.4 2.4 3.7 3.0 6.0 6.3 8.0 2.0 2.3 1.5 - of Alcoi-Gandia of Alcoi-Gandia Region Region 19.9 11.9 11.9 33.7 31.3 19.0 22.9 10.3 1.0 0.4 1.7 4.7 1.1 5.9 4.2 2.1 7.1 5.3 5.7 - València city and its València city andits metropolitan area metropolitan area 12.8 40.9 17.6 16.6 32.4 28.3 14.1 2.1 0.8 0.2 8.3 2.8 0.7