Thanks Berni. Good song! I recognise a lot of words from their “ romantic languages “ base. Is Catalan understood by mainstream Spanish speakers…or is it very different?
Spanish speakers in Catalunya are exposed to Catalan more and may understand a lot. But those outside Catalunya (or València, where a dialect of Catalan is spoken) claim Catalan is unintelligible to them. A comedy team here did a hilarious sketch in which an anti-Catalan Spaniard refuses to understand sentences which are virtually identical in the two languages. But it must be pointed out that Catalan is a separate LANGUAGE, not a dialect as it is dismissed by the ignorant in Spain.
Thanks Berni. Good song! I recognise a lot of words from their “ romantic languages “ base. Is Catalan understood by mainstream Spanish speakers…or is it very different?
Spanish speakers in Catalunya are exposed to Catalan more and may understand a lot. But those outside Catalunya (or València, where a dialect of Catalan is spoken) claim Catalan is unintelligible to them. A comedy team here did a hilarious sketch in which an anti-Catalan Spaniard refuses to understand sentences which are virtually identical in the two languages.
But it must be pointed out that Catalan is a separate LANGUAGE, not a dialect as it is dismissed by the ignorant in Spain.