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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 54881, member: 29"]Interesting. I should have known that shape name, I speak some Catalan. It's closer to French than Castellano Spanish, and supposedly has its origins in the Latin of Roman foot soldiers. Castellano purportedly comes from the Latin of officers. Catalan is spoken by something like ten mllion people from memory. </p><p><br /></p><p>Those who live on the Balearics get very antsy if what they speak is referred to as Catalan. It has some difference and is properly called Mallorquin. There's also some linguistic influence on Sicily: the Catalan empire ruled there, as well as Sardinia, and you get cultural shares such as gegant figures. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm fascinated by language. Langue D'oc also shares much with Catalan. Modern French comes from Langue d'Or. Same differential roots as the Catalan/Castellano thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 54881, member: 29"]Interesting. I should have known that shape name, I speak some Catalan. It's closer to French than Castellano Spanish, and supposedly has its origins in the Latin of Roman foot soldiers. Castellano purportedly comes from the Latin of officers. Catalan is spoken by something like ten mllion people from memory. Those who live on the Balearics get very antsy if what they speak is referred to as Catalan. It has some difference and is properly called Mallorquin. There's also some linguistic influence on Sicily: the Catalan empire ruled there, as well as Sardinia, and you get cultural shares such as gegant figures. I'm fascinated by language. Langue D'oc also shares much with Catalan. Modern French comes from Langue d'Or. Same differential roots as the Catalan/Castellano thing.[/QUOTE]
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