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<p>Well, Catalan is spoken by some 10 million people, more than
Icelandic, Estonian, Latvian, Slovenian, Norwegian, Danish or
Finnish, among other European well-established and state
languages. So, I would say it's quite an abnormal situation,
although it is the state language of Andorra, a tiny country.
Catalan has a very velar L, like Russian and other Slavic
languages. Sometimes when a Russian speaks Spanish, we may think
that person is Catalan because of these L's. I don't know about
your accent, but perhaps some Catalans thought you were Catalan,
I'm just taking a wild guess.</p>
<p>I hope you enjoy the documentary, it's indeed, a treasure,
Roussillonese or Northern Catalan is dying out. Three of the
speakers shown in the film, in fact, had already passed away. Get
back to explain how did you like the film.<br>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>David<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 10/2/2022 a les 17:36, Shawn Bedell
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informative. Have always loved that region of the world, and I
particularly loved Catalunya.
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<div>As per the talking to foreigners bit, I do find it
interesting. Having learned a few languages with few
speakers or that are not the majority language, by far, in a
particular place, I have often been met with people who
think learning their own language is a silly idea, or they
might even take a while to come around to the idea of not
speaking the dominant language to a foreigner. In Catalunya,
I found quite the opposite. I speak Spanish quite well, but
I do not have anything near the accent of a Spaniard, so no
matter how hard I could (haven't, but... haha) try, I am
obviously not from anywhere on the Iberian Peninsula.
Nevertheless, I have been asked many times. to speak Catala,
even though I wouldn't be able to really piece it all
together to make anything intelligible in terms of speaking
actual Catala, but as you noted, it was relatively easy to
understand what people were saying. So, it seems like there
is a contingent of people who feel confident enough to
assume that obvious outsiders will use their language,
whereas the opposite is often the case in many places across
the world. </div>
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<div>Anyway, the question was mostly about how (what I
perceive, at least) a strong linguistic community might play
into or influence people speaking a related dialect nearby
(and in this case, across a national border). </div>
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<div>Anyway, I look forward to watching to movie and sharing
it with friends and colleagues (many of whom also know and
love the region).</div>
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<p>Dear Shawn</p>
<p>Catalan has very few dialectal differences, and there's
also a continuum within the language, going up north in
France to the very south in Spain. However, as with other
dialects, Roussillonese or Northern Catalan dialect has
some specific features not shared with other dialects
across the border, in Spain. Some specific phonetic and
syntax features, as well as some specific vocabulary,
specially dealing with the fact that after more than 300
years of French rule, this Catalan has borrowed from the
French language, while in the south, Catalan has borrowed
from Spanish. However, there's mutual comprehension. <br>
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<p>According to statistics ( <a
href="https://www.idescat.cat/pub/?id=eulp&n=3646"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.idescat.cat/pub/?id=eulp&n=3646</a>
), only 11,8% of Catalan speakers in Spain do not switch
to Spanish when someone addresses them into this language.
So, perhaps you've talked to this 11,8%, which in
Barcelona, believe me, it's much, much lower than 11,8%.
Sorry, but I don't get the relationship between being a
foreigner and being addressed in Catalan. I've travelled
quite a lot and in England people insisted me on English,
in Japan insisted me on Japanese and so on. However, I can
tell you of thousands of people who live in Catalonia for
many years and insist on not speaking Catalan at all,
this colonial behavior is one of the reasons -but not the
only one-, why Catalan speakers must be bilinguals.</p>
<p>And yes, we are nice ;-) and the language in Southern
Catalonia, Valencia and Balearic Islands is very alive,
although not trouble free.</p>
<p>All the best,</p>
<p>David<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Will definitely watch, but I used to live
in Toulouse, and I took lots of trips to Catalunya,
where Catala is very alive and well. Is there a great
difference among the dialects when you cross the border
or even get into Barcelona (where people even sometimes
insist on speaking Catala over Spanish even to a
foreigner, although most always very nice)?</div>
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<div>Dear David,
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<div dir="auto">Gràcies per compartir-lo.</div>
<div dir="auto">It's heart-breaking. Every time I
see it I feel the same. </div>
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<div dir="auto">I am glad that colleagues from all
over the world can now understand it, with
subtitles in English and French.</div>
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Thank you for documenting the last speakers of
Catalan in Catalunya Nord.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Mariona<br>
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not on Australian languages -or perhaps,
it is somehow-, but I wish to share this
documentary which I have co-directed. It's
about the last native speakers of the
Catalan language -and its local dialects-
in Northen Catalonia (in the most southern
part of France). Now, we've got the
English and French subtitles:</div>
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you for your kind attention,</div>
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