Northern Catalan
Northern Catalan, also known as Roussillonese, is a Catalan dialect mostly spoken in Northern Catalonia, 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.
Phonology
;Vowels;Consonants
Morphology
Some subdialects keep the singular masculine definite article lo, as in North-Western Catalan and many varieties of Occitan.Northern Catalan has a large body of words imported from French and Occitan. It also features some grammatical forms and structures that are typical of Occitan, such as the use of a lone post-verbal pas, rather than a lone preverbal no to express basic negation ; pas is also used in some other Catalan dialects for emphasis but always with no before the verb.