Central Catalan
Central Catalan ( ; ) is the Eastern Catalan dialect with the highest number of speakers , since it is commonly spoken in densely populated areas such as the whole Barcelona province , the eastern half of Tarragona province and most of the Girona province , except for it is northern part , where a transition to Northern Catalan begins . 
<triplet> Central Catalan <subj> Eastern Catalan <obj> instance of <triplet> Eastern Catalan <subj> dialect <obj> subclass of