Northern Catalan

Northern Catalan
Roussillonese
català septentrional
rossellonès
Native toFrance
RegionNorthern Catalonia
EthnicityCatalans
Early forms
Catalan alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
IETFca-FR
The areas of French Oriental Pyrenees where Catalan is spoken in orange.

Northern Catalan (Catalan: català septentrional), also known as Roussillonese (rossellonès), is a Catalan dialect mostly spoken in Northern Catalonia (roughly corresponding with the region of Roussillon), but also extending in the northeast part of Southern Catalonia in a transition zone with Central Catalan. All speakers of Catalan from North Catalonia are at least natively bilingual with French.