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Mallorquin is a form of Catalan as spoken in Catalunya, the Community of Valencia, parts of France and the other Balearic Islands. It does however have certain features which make it unique amongst these dialects such as the use of "es" and "sa" for the singular masculine and feminine articles and differences in the first and second person plural verbal endings. Vocabulary also varies considerably. Mallorquin is used as the primary language of education in schools and colleges throughout the island. Because of the large influx of residents from mainland Spain, other parts of Europe and South America, Mallorquin no longer holds the unique position it had a few decades ago. The original form of Mallorquin spoken on the island is under considerable pressure from Catalan media - television, radio, the press and other printed material - and there has inevitably been a drift towards a more standardised version of the language as spoken in Catalunya. In general educated people from island and mainland can communicate without difficulty however this can probably not be said to apply at the village level where the "closeness" of Mallorquin is often described as incomprehensible to a native Catalan.

Some examples of Mallorquin:

English - Spanish - Catalan - Mallorquin

water - agua - aigua - aigo

island - isla - illa - illa

dog - perro - gos - ca

Mallorquin - mallorquín - mallorquí - mallorquí

we will be - seremos - serem - sirem

I have - tengo - tinc - tenc

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