Loiks wrote:Hi!
I'd like to ask about Catalan's position in Catalunya. Is it absolutely nr 1 language in the region or is there also some bilinguality with El Castellano (I mean native Catalans)?
Apart from the figures given by Elxiquet, it should also be noted that in rural areas Catalan is absolutely the most spoken language, as well as in medium-sized towns like Girona or Lleida.
Anyway, there's bilingualism with Spanish everywhere. Not just bilingualism, but also diglossia
elxiquet wrote:This should be answered by a catalan :p But in Catalonia if you speak spanish they will understand you, and will be able to answer to you in spanish.
Hola, com anem? ^^ Yes, of course
I don't have the right to complain, as I was raised bilingually (my dad is Andalusian) but people who are entirely Catalan have mixed feelings about Spanish being compulsory to be understood. Of course, I'm being a bit subjective in here.
Loiks wrote:And do you think that Spain is an empire and should be separated ?(Sorry if there's too much politics in those questions of mine, but me being an Estonian means that I know how it is to be a minority in an empire, fortunately not any more.
I just think Spain is a state which was made without taking into consideration national feelings other than this "pan-hispanic" nationalism. I feel I live in a different country, but of course, these are just my views.
I'm not really into catalanism, so I don't know if it would be better a federal republic or an independent country, but I do think Catalan institutions should have more power than they have nowadays. I'm not really fond of
our politics and I don't want people to think I'm nationalistic, because I'm not. It's just that I feel more Catalan than Spanish