[2] Maria Carme Junyent i Figueras was born on 4 February 1955, in Masquefa, a small village in the province of Barcelona, Spain.

'The classification of African languages: Bantu and a (further) hypothesis about its expansion') under the direction of linguist Jesús Tuson Valls [ca].

[5][6] In 1992, Junyent created the University of Barcelona–based Endangered Languages Study Group [ca], which she directed until her death in 2023.

[9][10] In 1999, Junyent published the article "El català, una llengua en perill d'extinció?"

'), in which she analyzed the risk of Catalan ending up as a substituted language from the point of view of linguistic anthropology.

[13] Junyent also penned notable works about languages, such as El futur del català depèn de tu (lit.

Building multilingual educational centers')[1][3] In 2019, Junyent was awarded the Catalan Creu de Sant Jordi honour "for her long career in the study and defence of linguistic diversity in Catalonia and around the world".

[5] On 1 March 2022, the Government of Catalonia appointed Junyent as president of its newly created Linguistic Advisory Council.

[1][14] As president of this Advisory Council, Junyent also promoted measures to improve the situation of the Aranese dialect in the Val d'Aran, especially in schools.