LL-L: "Language policies" LOWLANDS-L, 27.JUL.2001 (02) [E]

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From: Aviad Stier <aviad2001 at hotmail.com>
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Ian,
You're of course right about Catala' being more closely-related to Valencian
than to Castellano (even more, if I'm not mistaken, to Provenc,al). I do
seem to recall, however, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, that
Franco used to refer to Catalunyan as a corruption of "good" Spanish - that
is, Castilian - and used it as a pretext for banning it (of course the real
reason was a political one).
As for Serbian and Croatian, aren't they actually one language (nowadays
often called Serbian-Croatian, as opposed to Serbo-Croatian), with only
minor differences - the most important one being the alphabet?
Cheers,
Aviad

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language policies

Here's to calibrate the English terminology:

Native                  English
Castellano      =       Castilian
Català          =       Catalan, Catalonian
Valencià        =       Valencian

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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