Following the French capture of Algeria (1833), that region saw several waves of Catalan-speaking settlers. People from the Spanish Alacant province settled around Oran, whereas Algiers received immigration from Northern Catalonia and Minorca. Their speech was known as patuet. By 1911, the number of Catalan speakers was around 100,000. After the declaration of independence of Algeria in 1962, almost all the Catalan speakers fled to Northern Catalonia (as Pieds-Noirs) or Alacant. COUNT 5
QSN1 When did the French obtain Algeria? ANS1 1833 QSN2 Where did the Algiers immigrants come from? ANS2 Northern Catalonia and Minorca QSN3 What was the Catalan immigrant's speech called? ANS3 patuet QSN4 How many Catalan speakers lived in Algiers by 1911? ANS4 around 100,000 QSN5 When did most Catalan speakers leave northern Catalonia? ANS5 1962