If I speak Spanish already, would it be easier to learn to speak/understand Catalan?

Answer 1

Yes, definitely. Catalan partly derived from Spanish. It lso helps to know French.

i.e.

"Parlez vous Francais?" -Do you speak French?

"Parls Catalan?" Do you speak Catalan?

Parler is a direct contributer to Catalan, as well as lots of other French and Spanish verbs.

Answer 2

Catalan is regarded by most linguists as being an Iberian Romance language , but it has many features of Gallo-Romance languages such as Occitan and in lesser degree French.


I think it will definitely help and if you speak French even better.

Answer 3

I'm spanish, and i can tell you that i can understand catalan without knowing it. Maybe some words are different, but when you know spanish, only a bit practisse is needed

Answer 4

Yes...but, it depends on which Spanish you speak. There are a great many words that are different in the old country Spanish. Pronunciation is also very different. The saving grace might be that you are familiar with verb placement and vowel sounds.

Answer 5

the venture with heavily appropriate languages is which you will finally end up blending vocabulary... or.. you get too "lazy" to do an attempt and say issues "just about" as on your maximum effectual language (because of the fact audio device of the different language might get what you propose besides). the good section is that, with such quite some coincidences, your gaining knowledge of time must be decrease down.

Answer 6

i am american indian apache i speak spanish fluently. i am famillar with this language and because you speak spanish does,nt mean you can speak catalan it southern french.