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I don't see any problem in having the Spanish colleagues around. Here not money rules, but vision, interest and collaboration. :)

Or are the Spanish and the Catalans in a similar relation like Bavarians and Prussians or Austrians? :D

Thank you for the article, well written, a good practice and a welcome alternation to English and other northern languages (don't worry, I also like those, essentially I hear those most of the time, it's just about the alternation, no offense or anything to any language speakers).

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For those who don't know and despair, Catalan is more close to latin than Castillan (and thus, more readable by a French-reading and Italian-reading people). It is still spoken in all the western Iberian Mediterranean arc and the isles (from Alacant to extreme southern France and Baleares): more than 10 million people speak Catalan.

It is cousin to another Romane language that was the vernacular in France's southern third and a dozen vales in the Italian Alps. Causes are the strong and early Roman influence in the area, a much lesser penetration and integration of Germanic upper classes from the north (and not before 13th century), some political unity from 9th to 13th century, and a temporary rule by the Catalan kingdom. More than 15 million people live there, but by now, it's more like a cultural identity than a real living language; whereas circa 12 million people were still speaking it before WW1, less than 3 millions currently are.

http://fr.academic.ru/dic.nsf/frwiki/1254062

http://fr.academic.ru/pictures/frwiki/83/Sumien.jpg

http://fr.academic.ru/pictures/frwiki/83/Sumien_supradialectal.jpg

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Es bueno tener gente que hablé español, me aburro de hablar inglés por eso lo digo. :)

Me referia a la existencia del movimiento independentista catalan, los cuales muchos no se consideran españoles... cosas de la vida de por aquí..

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For those who don't know and despair, Catalan is more close to latin than Castillan (and thus, more readable by a French-reading and Italian-reading people). It is still spoken in all the western Iberian Mediterranean arc and the isles (from Alacant to extreme southern France and Baleares): more than 10 million people speak Catalan.

In fact, I'm from Mallorca, on of the Balearic Islands. But I'm living in Barcelona now.

It's the official language of Andorra :)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra

That's it. Is the only oficial language in Andorra. It's also a cooficials in Catalonia, Valencia and Balearic Islands. Catalans is also spoken in a little part of Aragón, some regions in the south of Franc and the city of l'Alguer, in Sardinia (Italy).

Or are the Spanish and the Catalans in a similar relation like Bavarians and Prussians or Austrians? :D

I'd say that the relation is more like Scottish and English or Quebeckers and Canadians.

Me referia a la existencia del movimiento independentista catalan, los cuales muchos no se consideran españoles... cosas de la vida de por aquí..

Así es :D

Ya sean catalanes, vascos, maños, venezolanos o mejicanos son todos bienvenidos aquí ;)

Gracias por la bienvenida :D
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