czarina84 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 I am studying Spanish. I keep hearing about Catalan. What is Catalan? Is it a subdivision of Spanish? Are there others like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna3101 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Catalan is the language spoken alongside Spanish in Catalonia (a region in Spain). When I was there many years ago, I saw a lot of street signs in Catalonian and I remember that it looked pretty similar to Spanish and French. As far as I know, there's also a part of Spain where they speak Galician, and then of course the Basque (wouldn't know about it if it were not for the separatist movement). czarina84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czarina84 Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 On 11/1/2015 at 10:50 PM, anna3101 said: Catalan is the language spoken alongside Spanish in Catalonia (a region in Spain). When I was there many years ago, I saw a lot of street signs in Catalonian and I remember that it looked pretty similar to Spanish and French. As far as I know, there's also a part of Spain where they speak Galician, and then of course the Basque (wouldn't know about it if it were not for the separatist movement).What do you mean "spoken alongside"? Is it a different language, but some people also speak it? Like in Canada, where people speak both French and English? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna3101 Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Yes, exactly. It's like in Canada or in Belgium. The official language of Spain is Spanish but in Catalonia region it's Spanish and Catalonian - both have the same official status. czarina84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czarina84 Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Thank you. That is very helpful. I got confused. I just thought they spoke Spanish in Spain. I had no idea about Catalan before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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