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Languages of SPAIN? |
Travel Info What langaues are spoken in Spain? I know they speak Spanish but what else. And are there other ways to speak Spanish? Travel Tips Catalan, Vasco, gallego, among others Others catalan , gallego and spanish The languages that are officially recognized in Spain are: Euskera (Pa铆s Vasco and Navarra), Gallego (Galicia), Catalan (Catalu帽a and Islas Baleares and including Valenciano), Bable in Asturias and the linguistic diversity in Arag贸n are also recognised. Other minority languages are Gasc贸n and Portuguese. Interestingly, the use of Arabic in Ceuta and Melilla is always totally ignored by Spanish reference books but the fact that English is spoken in Gibraltar is always mentioned. P.s. Ricardo, Some contributors have problems. Catalan and Eskera (Basque) are languages. Catalan is originally an off-shoot of French, Anduluz is not a language or dialect. It is just a hard to understand accent. Lorca was Andaluz and wrote some of the best Spanish ever. Canario is also 100% Spanish. 'Castillano' is the Spanish spoken in Spain. 麓Espa帽ol' is the world language. In English, it is all called Spanish. Spanish has many accents just as English has. Similarly, you can tell where people come from because they use local or native words such as 麓chevre, choclo, guagua, papa, etc. These words are not 麓Castillano麓. Many words begining Ch are of American origin. Everybody in Spain knows this. Yes we speak Spanish - actually Castillano - and in Cataluna around Barcelona there also Catal谩n which to me sounds a cross between French and Spanish. However you find quite some regional variations as you would in the UK. In Andalucia we speak Andaluz which even changes from the mediterranean side to a Portuguese twist as you get close to the Portuguese border. What other way to speak Spanish is there. You open your mouth and out it comes. Saludos. Catalan around Barcelona In Spain there are 4 official languages. Spanish (official in all the Spanish State), Catalan (spoken mainly in Catalu帽a, but also in Andorra, and similar to a dialect spoken in Valencia and Balear Islands. I say dialect because it's not official there), Galician (spoken in Galicia, north west, near Portugal) and Vasc (spoken in Vasc Country in Spain and France). Catalan is similar to Italian, French and Spanish, while Galician or Galego is similar to Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. Vasc is totally different, has no latin base and no one really know where it comes from. In all these territories, Spanish is co-official. And yes, there are many ways of speaking Spanish, just like Australians, British, Americans or Indians don't speak with the same accent. As happens with British and English, Spaniards usually consider that the good Spanish is spoken in Spain (especially area Castillas) because it's where it comes from and in South America they don't distinguish many sounds, like C, Z and S. |
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