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
Socialist Party of Majorca representation in the Cortes Generales was obtained. In 2007, this coalition was enlarged, forming the new coalition Bloc for Majorca (Bloc). The coalition got 4 MPs (14%) in the Balearic Parliament (2 of them from the PSM). After negotiations, PSM and the other Bloc's parties decided to enter the autonomous government, with Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB) and Majorcan Union (UM), leaving the People's Party (PP) in the opposition. In 2008, the party decided to change its allies for the general election to UM, ERC and ExM. The coalition refused to join with EUIB. However, 29% of the