What language do people actually speak in Alicante? Do they speak Catalan or
Castillian? I imagine everyone can speak Castillian (Spanish), but do they
speak Catalan at home?
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On 6/10/09 1:38 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> The other language is Valenciano, the official language here. It is
> really just a dialect of Catalan and is somewhat artificially promoted
> by the regional government. The only people who actually use it are in
> the inland villages--I have never actually heard anyone speaking it on
> the street in Alicante, Valencia or any of the other larger towns. But
> it is used (alongside standard Spanish) in all government
> communications (including road signs), there is a public TV channel,
> it is taught in local public schools and so on. Fortunately, my
> daughter goes to the European School here (the EU has its own schools
> for children of its employees) and so is not subjected to this nonsense.
>
> Thanks for looking!
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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> On Jun 10, 2009, at 7:09 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Good for them!
>>
>> But what's the other language on the signs, Nathan?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 10 Jun 2009, at 05:55, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>
>>> Just a snap on the way to work yesterday. Good to see indigenous
>>> opposition to bullfighting here:
>>>
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#559800945_dVE2r-O-LB
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>
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