Mallorca Religion & Languages
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The official languages of Majorca are Catalan and Spanish. The local dialect of Catalan is Mallorquí, even though the dialects are different in each island and in most villages.
Typically, young Majorcans are bilingual in Catalan and Spanish, with some knowledge of English or German as a foreign language, especially due to the large number of tourists and foreign residents on the island.
Mallorca is a Catholic island and was ruled by the church; however since the death of Franco in 1975 the churches influence over the island has declined.
With the influx of expatriates certain traditions have swayed, however most families and schools still teach a strong church related catholic upbringing, and every year over 50,000 islanders visit a monastery known as Lluc, where the islands patron saint lived – La Moreneta.