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 6/ Many people know about the linguistic situation in Catalonia. Itโs one of the purest linguistic examples of diglossia (two dialects or languages are used simultaneously by one community), but there are actually three officially recognised languages in Catalonia. Catalan, Spanish and Aranese. Aranese is a dialect of Occitan spoken in the Val dโAran. It has protected official status, and it is the only area of Occitania where the language is protected. 8 comments
8/ While Aranese is a tiny linguistic island, Catalan is much more widely spoken. It is the official language of Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ, has official status in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and Valencia, and in the city of Alghero on Sardinia, Italy ๐ฎ๐น https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language There is an active campaign to have Catalan recognized as the 25th official language of the EU 9/ Best way to practice your geospatial Catalan? Follow @Raf who posts daily about interesting geospatial stuff in Catalan. Raf is of course a regular Barcelona geomobster You should also follow the @osmcatala to keep tabs on the OpenStreetMap community in Catalonia 10/ The capital of Catalonia is Barcelona, it is the second largest city in Spain. Because of its grid system maps of Barcelona typically do NOT have north at the top! Instead maps are aligned so that the city's unique grid system is shown up-down/right-left. Wait! Forgot to post about one of the most delightful #geoweirdness things in Catalonia. In the Catalan town of Badia del Vallรจs not far from Barcelona the street layout is actually a map of Iberia |
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7/ Val d'Aran is also interesting because it is the only region of Catalonia in which the water flows to the Atlantic ๐ via Toulouse and Bordeaux ๐ซ๐ท
https://curiositatcat.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/el-riu-catala-que-desemboca-a-latlantic/
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