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No, I never said that Catalan is a dialect, it is indeed a language. But Catalan nationalists are even trying to remove all Spanish from the education [1][2] e
by elnatro 5y ago
No, I never said that Catalan is a dialect, it is indeed a language.
But Catalan nationalists are even trying to remove all Spanish from the education [1][2] even by disobeying court sentences.
If you compare the situation between Catalan and Galicia. You can see it clearly. Galician is not used by most people nor politicians as a political tool. Catalan is sadly being used as such.
[1] https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20211123/sentencia-25-ensenanza-castellano-catalunya-firme-12892431 https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20211123/sentencia-2...
[2] https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-parlament-catalan-rechaza-acatar-sentencia-tsjc-fija-25-castellano-escuelas-20211215173625.html https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-parlament-catala...
- RobertoG 5y agoYou literally said that Andalusian and others "are dialects because they have not been politicized like Catalan or Basque", suggesting that what makes a language a language instead of a dialect it's its political weight. Certainly, Catalan is used as a political tool, but it's a little hypocritical to think that Spanish is not. We all know how political questions should be solved in a democracy.
- elnatro 5y agoI explained myself poorly, English is not my first language. Andalusian is a set of dialects were Basque, Catalan and Galician are languages. Having said that, Catalan and Basque have been used as a political tool for decades, much less the Galician, and not the Andalusian dialects of Spanish. Hope this comment clarifies what I’m trying to say.