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Catalan is by far the most widely spoken regional language in Spain. With around 11 million speakers in four countries, Catalan is also the most spoken regional language within the European Union. Another widely spoken regional language in Spain is Galician, which, like Spanish and Catalan, belongs to the romance family of languages and can similarly trace its heritage back to Latin.
In Galicia, it is spoken by around 3 million people, and the language has incredibly close ties to the Portuguese language. But beware to not confuse Galicia, the region in Spain, with the Galicia that straddles the border between Poland and Ukraine! In the Basque country you will encounter another fascinating language. Basque is a so-called isolated language, which, according to current research, is not related to any other living language, making it unique in Europe. It is estimated that Basque is spoken by , people in the Basque region, an area along the Spanish and French border at the western end of the Pyrenees.
The majority of Basques count both Basque and Spanish as their mother tongue, and the use of Basque in schools, the media, and other forms of public life varies from region to region.
Alongside these three well-known regional languages, there are a few others in Spain, some of which are only spoken by a few thousand people.
During the dictatorship of Franco many of these languages in Spain were repressed. However, with the arrival of democracy these regional languages in Spain have been able to flourish again. ALTA offers online language training to businesses and government agencies, so feel free to contact us for information. What follows is a basic explanation of the ten major Spanish dialects, where they are spoken, and how they differ: SPAIN Peninsular Spanish : Castilian This term applies to the official Spanish language, spoken in northern and central Spain.
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