LingoflyValencian
Valencian — Indo-European family, about 2.5 million everyday speakers (estimate, sociolinguistic surveys of the Valencian Community). Script: the Latin alphabet, 27 letters — the same as Catalan, but without vowel reduction. This site has 3960 words and 27 letters with audio.
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Demo language: Valencian
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gràcies
thank you
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gràcies
- thank you
- please (a request)
- hi
- goodbye
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gràcies
thank you
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Moltes ___ per l'ajuda
Many thanks for the help
- hola
- gràcies
- adéu
- si
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gràcies
thank you
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gràcies
thank you
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Where to start
A young course: the words, the lessons and the recordings are all here, but a native speaker has not read it end to end yet. Spot a rough edge? Tell us and we will fix it.
- →Valencian alphabetAll letters with sound
- →Valencian wordsBy topic and alphabetically
- →PhrasebookPhrases ready to use
- →GrammarRules without jargon
- →Reading textsShort texts with translation
- →PronunciationWhat you hear and what is hard
- →From scratchWhere to start, and in what order
- →How long to studyAn honest estimate, with caveats
First words
Every conversation starts with them — and so does the first impression: one greeting in the local language and you stop being a stranger within a second.
- holahithe h is silent: comes out OH-la
- bon diagood morningLiterally good day. Before a masculine noun bo shrinks to bon: bon dia, bon cafè
- bona vespradagood afternoonSaid after lunch. Vesprada is feminine, so it takes bona, not bon. A word of its own: the central norm says bona tarda
- bona nitgood nightBoth a late-evening greeting and a wish before sleep — like the Spanish buenas noches
- adéugoodbyeFrom a Déu, to God — the same road Spanish adiós traveled. The everyday parting word
- fins arasee you soonLiterally until now — a goodbye for someone you expect to see again the same day
- gràciesthank youStress falls through the grave accent: GRA-sies. To boost it: moltes gràcies, literally many thanks
- si us plauplease (a request)Literally if it pleases you — three words fused into one politeness. It stands at the end of the request
How it sounds
Five words spoken aloud: click the speaker and pick the translation. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.
- What is this word?
It is hola — hi.
- What is this word?
It is si us plau — please (a request).
- What is this word?
It is bé — well.
- What is this word?
It is ell — he.
- What is this word?
It is adéu — goodbye.
Curiosities in Valencian
The name of the language in Valencia is fixed by the Statute: “l'idioma propi de la Comunitat Valenciana és el valencià” — the region’s own language is precisely Valencian. The norm has two certificates of its own: the JQCV for people and the AVL academy for the dictionary.
Estatut d'Autonomia de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ley Orgánica 1/2006, article 6
About the language
| Native name | Valencià · valencia |
| Official in | Spain (Valencia, under its Statute) |
| Also spoken in | Murcia (El Carxe) and the diaspora |
| How many speakers | about 2.5 million everyday speakers (estimate, [sociolinguistic surveys of the Valencian Community](https://www.academiavalencianadellengua.gva.es/)) |
| Family | Indo-European family, Romance group — the Valencian standard of the Catalan system |
| Script | the Latin alphabet, 27 letters — the same as Catalan, but without vowel reduction |
| Writing direction | left to right |
Hard: the verb endings in -e and the markers of the standard that tell a Valencian apart.
Easy: unstressed vowels do not blur as they do in Barcelona: you can read aloud from day one.
What people most often take it up for: moving to Valencia or the Costa Blanca, the JQCV exam for public service, school for the children.
How lessons work
A lesson is up to half an hour a day, split into three to five short sessions. A word comes back not on the course's schedule but at the moment you are about to forget it: the interval is computed by an algorithm from your own answers.
- The longer you want to keep a word, the longer the gap before reviewing it can be. To hold it for a week, review it after a day or two; to hold it for a year, after about three or four weeks.checked many timesCepeda et al., 2008, Psychological Science 19(11) · Over 1,350 participants, tested after delays of up to a year. The best gap is about 20–40% of the target interval when you need to remember for a week, and 5–10% when for a year.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- A material reward promised for doing a task lowers the wish to take it up of your own accord once the reward is gone. Praise for what was done, on the contrary, keeps that wish alive.checked many timesDeci, Koestner & Ryan, 1999, Psychological Bulletin 125(6) · 128 experiments. A material reward promised in advance and the time later spent on the task by free choice: d = −0.44 for finishing, −0.40 for taking part, −0.28 for performance; a reward unrelated to the task, −0.14, not significant. Praise: +0.33.
Frequently asked
Where to start learning Valencian?
With the sounds and the first hundred words: you know the script, but it has its own reading rules.
How many people speak Valencian?
About 2.5 million everyday speakers — an estimate; source: sociolinguistic surveys of the Valencian Community. Nobody runs an exact census of languages, and sources disagree by noticeable amounts.
Is Valencian hard?
The verb endings in -e and the markers of the standard that tell a Valencian apart. At the same time, unstressed vowels do not blur as they do in Barcelona: you can read aloud from day one.
Where is Valencian spoken?
An official language in: Spain (Valencia, under its Statute). Noticeable communities: Murcia (El Carxe) and the diaspora.
Is Valencian in Duolingo?
No. As of September 18, 2026, Duolingo’s catalogue has no such course at all, from any language. We have Valencian in full: 3960 words, with audio, a phrasebook and grammar in plain words.
Is Valencian in Ling?
No. As of September 18, 2026, Ling’s catalogue has no such course at all, from any language. We have Valencian in full: 3960 words, with audio, a phrasebook and grammar in plain words.