The erosion of the Catalan language began long before 1939, when the dictator Francisco Franco banned the teaching of Catalan after the Spanish civil war. At the beginning of the 18th century, Philip ...
Dr. Robert Vann, Western Michigan University full professor of Spanish linguistics, has had a longtime interest in the Catalan language and in the people that live in Catalonia, an autonomous ...
Barcelona is one of the best-known cities in the world, yet visitors expecting to practice their Spanish can often be surprised when they hear Catalan spoken in the streets. The language has had a ...
MADRID (AP) — Catalan separatist lawmakers dealt Spain's government a blow Tuesday by voting against a hugely divisive amnesty law that was aimed at helping hundreds of their supporters who were ...
In the hours after their parliament declared independence, thousands of Catalans streamed into the Plaça Sant Jaume, a medieval square in Barcelona that serves as the seat of Catalonia’s regional ...
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy seized the initiative in the Catalan crisis by not just imposing direct rule after the regional parliament declared independence but also calling an ...
The movement is "starting to retake positions,” a separatist told ABC News. LONDON -- When an independence referendum was held in Catalonia on Oct. 1, 2017, some citizens in Spain saw an illegal ...
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