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Originally Posted by nmlss

I'm from Barcelona, so my two official languages are spanish and catalan (and english, but it's not an official state language). Catalan is the language spoke in Catalonia, and it's a really refined one.

Salut i força al canut, gent!!

A question for you nmlss, and I'm not being facetious here. Is Catalan considered a language on its own or is it considered a dialect of Spanish? If it is a dialect how does it differ from Spanish? If it is a language to what group of languages does it belong?