Talk:Aranese language
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Aranese is not a language, is only an Occitan dialect. The name of the page is not apropiated. Llull 13:45, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Every dialect is a language, so there should be no problem concerning the title. --zeno 12:27, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Aranese people cosidere themselves that speak a dialect (as they wrote in their laws).
I have another question: The article says Aranese is an official language in the Aran valley - how far does that go? Is it really used in the administration? Are there any documents stating this fact? --zeno 12:27, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- It is taught in schools. I'm not sure about the administration, but keep in mind that Val d'Aran is a really small, its entire population is about 7000. Bogdan | Talk 13:17, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
That's the point. If it is just taught in schools, it is not an official language at all. I had English at school, but this language is by no means an official language in Germany. --zeno 11:53, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, it's official. No only it's the main language at the schools (the only when they are babies). The Conselh Generau d'Aran use only this language and the Goverment of Catalonia and its public television must use Aranese too. If you visit the region you'll see that the official posters only are in this language.
- In fact it is co-official. By law, Aranese must coexist with Catalan and Spanish, the same way as Catalan and Spanish are co-official in the rest of Catalonia. The Conselh d'Aran uses aranese as official language, but anyone should be able to use any of the three languages when addressing them, forms and documentations should be available in the thre languages, etc. There are some radio stations that emit in Aranese; about TV as far as I know is restricted to some spaces in Aranes locally emitted through catalan television (they don't have a public TV on their own). Xavier 02:26, 2005 Mar 16 (UTC)
Redirect from Aranes
Hello, I just added a redirect from Aranes (see http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php?title=Aranes_%28language%29&redirect=no), and indicated that it was an alternate spelling (Other spellings). If anyone knows better, please edit accordingly. --Jsf 00:47, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
