CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agoEU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official languagewww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
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minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThe EU pays for translations for a lot of languages with less speakers than Catalan. If they logic is to “save money, let’s use another language”, then let’s just drop all of them and just speak English. Education in Catalunya is given in Catalan. Some people only speak that language, the same way some Croats probably only speak Croatian. Recognizing a language isn’t separatism.
The EU pays for translations for a lot of languages with less speakers than Catalan.
If they logic is to “save money, let’s use another language”, then let’s just drop all of them and just speak English.
Education in Catalunya is given in Catalan. Some people only speak that language, the same way some Croats probably only speak Croatian.
Recognizing a language isn’t separatism.