Balearic dialect Balearic dialect Balearic (, ) is the collective name for the dialects of Catalan spoken in the Balearic Islands: ' in Majorca, ' in Ibiza, and "" in Menorca. At the last census, 746,792 people in the Balearic Islands claimed to be able to speak Catalan, though some of these people may be speakers of mainland variants. Distinctive features of Catalan in the Balearic Islands differ according to the specific variant being spoken (Mallorcan, Menorcan, or Ibizan). Notes: Some in the Balearic Islands, such as the "Partido Popular" and a former regional president, José Ramón Bauzà, argue that the dialects
2019 Balearic regional election of the main parties and coalitions which will likely contest the election: The main opposition party, the People's Party (PP), held its regional congress in March 2017, electing Biel Company as new party president over the former President of the Balearic Islands José Ramón Bauzá, who had resigned as the PP leader after the 2015 election. In May 2017, More for Minorca (MpM) was transformed into a party, electing Nel Martí as its coordinator. In October 2017, Mae de la Concha was elected as the new regional Secretary General of We Can (Podem), replacing former leader Alberto Jarabo. In June