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Interesting language facts

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:28 am
by Daniel AV
For me, one of the most interesting linguistic facts I have found on the Internet is that one of my mother languages, Catalan, is spoken in Italy, on the island of Sardinia. This is because a part of the island (the city of L'Alguer) was occupied by the Catalan army in the 14th century. L'Alguer was repopulated by the Catalan people. This means that a large part of the population of Alghero still uses the Catalan language habitually (about a 22,4% of the population).

I'm happy to know that one language that is not the main language of the country (Italian) is still used by a part of the population.

Re: Interesting language facts

PostPosted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:43 am
by Admin
That's interesting Daniel. Have you heard Sardinian Catalan spoken? I wonder if it is very different from modern Catalan.
See you,
Pieter

Re: Interesting language facts

PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:25 pm
by Daniel AV
Hi Pieter,

It's very similar. You can watch an example here:

https://youtu.be/CBemME0qrWA

This man speaks catalan very well, but with an italian accent.

Re: Interesting language facts

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:27 am
by Admin
Interesting, thanks Daniel, I'll take a look!
Pieter

Re: Interesting language facts

PostPosted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:30 pm
by Daniel AV
Great! I think that it's very interesting too.