Baobabooks adds Catalan as sixth language on its creativity platform for classroom-based and distance learning

1 March 2021 (Geneva). Baobabooks Education Sàrl today announced that it has added Catalan as the sixth language on its platform. Baobabooks is purpose built to support children, teens and young adults to write, illustrate and publish their own books. In addition to Catalan, the platform is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

"The ability to write in a growing number of languages expands the reach of our platform and our ability to engage children and students in the language most comfortable for them while providing a fun-to-use foreign language learning tool," explained Peter Nicholson, Founder of Baobabooks Education Sàrl. "Each day we are working to help make inclusive and equitable quality education increasingly more available for all."

Catalan is spoken by approximately 11 million people and originated in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain. It is classified as a distinct language and is spoken in eastern and northeastern Spain, chiefly in Catalonia and Valencia, and in the Balearic Islands. It is also spoken in the Roussillon region of France, in Andorra (where it is the official language), and in the city of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy.

According to Ethnologies, there are 7,117 spoken languages in the world today. Roughly 40% of languages are now endangered, often with less than 1,000 speakers remaining.