Subject: Re: Speaking (of) Catalan...<br/>
Date: Aug 07, 2001 @ 21:59<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-167504674">Oops, I forgot the Balearic Is. ! Sorry to all you islanders!<br/>
Peter S.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; Hi Marcel (and welcome of course),<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; It is not the first time that language boundaries have been <br/>
discussed <br/>
&gt; here (although it is a while ago), but I am wondering if you can <br/>
help <br/>
&gt; me here. As far as I know, Catalan is spoken in 1. Catalonia (the <br/>
&gt; region), 2. North-Catalonia a.k.a. the French departement of the <br/>
&gt; Eastern Pyrenees, 3. the eastern rim of Aragon, along the border <br/>
with <br/>
&gt; Catalonia, 4. the Valencia region (not all of it though), 5. <br/>
&gt; L&#39;Alguer/Alghero on Sardinia, 6. Andorra, and 7. a small part in <br/>
the <br/>
&gt; province of Murcia. And it is this last part I want to ask you <br/>
about. <br/>
&gt; I once saw this on a language map, but have never seen it since. <br/>
Can <br/>
&gt; you tell me which part of Murcia this is (probably a very small <br/>
&gt; part), and how many speakers of Catalan live there? And is it <br/>
legally <br/>
&gt; protected in any way?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Are there any other parts where Catalan is spoken?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I don&#39;t speak it (nor Castilian), but I can boast to speak a bit of <br/>
&gt; Basque...<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Peter S. </span></blockquote></div>