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Catalan is a Romanesque language, that is, it belongs to the group of languages that developed from Latin.

Catalonia and the world

Do you want to discover cultural elements of Catalonia and contrast them with other countries in Europe?

Index of countries Catalonia and Spain
  1. Did you know that a lot of Catalan words come from Arabic? Which of these words does not come from Arabic?
  2. Did you know that tapas are not typically Catalan, but originally come from...?
  3. Did you know that in Catalonia a tourist is popularly called a...?
  4. Did you know that Barcelona is the same distance from Granada as it is from...?
  5. Did you know that the languages spoken in Spain and Argentina are dialects of Spanish...?

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Correfoc

Street game in which the whole town runs to escape from the fireworks and sparks thrown by dragons, devils and other fantasy characters.

Glossary

Experiences

Maria Raquel Lopes Ramos

Portugal

"Because Catalonia welcomes people from abroad. It is a way of saying thank you. And because it is a language that is phonetically very funny."

Language exchange