Cultural Diversity in Spain
Posted July 25th, 2008Categories: Europe, Foreign Culture, local culture, Team Stories, traveling, Uncategorized
Tags: Barcelona, Catalan, Cultural Diversity, Europe, Galician, Languages, Maps, Spain, Spanish, United Planet
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Post written by Silvia Rodriguez, member of the United Planet Team
It is wonderful to learn about cultural diversity in different countries, and also about the cultural differences in the same country! It is a first step to understanding one another, and helps to enrich our lives and to foster multicultural understanding.
Today I would like to introduce you to the cultural diversity in my home country, Spain. I realized the importance of sharing it with other people when I discovered that there are people who do not know that there are difference languages in Spain.
I think that a good way to explain it would be to make it visual. The following is a simple map of the many languages spoken in Spain.
As you can see, there is a wide variety of languages spoken in Spain. Most people can speak Spanish and we can all understand each other, but at the same time, there are very beautiful languages in other regions that are used by the regional governments and local people.
I consider myself lucky to have been raised bilingual (Spanish and Catalan) and to have learned a third language (Galician) before the age of 5. Moreover, it enables me to learn languages such as Italian, French or Portuguese with great ease!
I really encourage people to discover and be proud of the cultural diversity that exists in their countries; it is empowering and life-enriching.
Volunteer Abroad with United Planet
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July 31st, 2008 at 3:15 am
Recently we holidayed in Spain and tried out the self catering option, it worked out much better than a hotel, more comfortable but you do need a rental car to get around, we were miles from public transport. Otherwise no complaints, it’s a more cost effective option if you’re a family.
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July 12th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Multiculturalism (along with globalisation) is currently resulting in the destruction of one language every ten days. Multiculturalism will eventually lead to a pan World monoculture.
Building site labourers have worked this out. Though whether the effete pseudo-intellectual P.C. advocates of multiculturalism have is doubtful.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:05 am
As someone who really enjoys traveling and learning all I can about other cultures, I have to say that I really love visiting Spain. The different languages, and the diversity of architecture, cuisine, and customs brought about by the varied populace make Spain a truly fascinating place to experience.
Dan