what do they speak in Barcelona???

Question

hi, i know they speak catalan but will they all speak spanish as well??

Answer 1

They speak both spanish and catalan, because both languages are official in Cataluña.
All the people of Cataluña speak spanish, but all the people don't speak catalan. For example, I'm spanish and I have lived in Barcelona for a year, and i didn't need catalan to communicate with tthe people there, because if I speak in spanish they answer me in spanish.

I would like to make a correction to a post: Spain is not divided into 5 regions. Spain is divided into17 atonomies, and each autonomy has its own language (if they have, co-official with spanish of course), its own laws, and its own goverment.

Another explanation I would like to give, is that catalan is not older than spanish, they're different languages, which were originated in different regions of spain at the same time. The only language that is older than all the spanish languages is Basque, that is a pre-roman language (It's supossed to be a dialect or relacionated to the spoken language in Spain before the roman empire invaded it)

Answer 2

We Speak Spanish and Catalan. Some people dont speak Catalan but they speak Spanish.

I'm from Barcelona living in California

Answer 3

Their first language is Catalan, something like a mix of French and spanish. However, you will find a few locals speaking Spanish. If ever you find someone who speaks Spanish, he/she must have originally come from the other parts of Spain.

Answer 4

In Barcelona people speak spanish and catalan but... not everybody speaks both languages. Actually many people don´t speak Spanish because they´ve always lived in Catalonian towns and they didn´t ever have the need to learn another language. Spanish began to be spoken in Barcelona when people from the rest of Spain came to work to it. And... when General Franco had the power in Spain punished the people who spoke a different language than Spanish and Catalonian people living in Barcelona had to be in silent not to be heard by the police and not to be arrested or thumped, because they didn´t know to speak Spanish. When "Franco" died......... in 1975 Catalan has been one of the main languages spoken at Schools, so young people speak both languages, sometimes because their families were inmigrants from other places in Spain and speak Spanish as mother tongue and studying catalan at school since they were children and some others because catalan has always been their families language and... after all they are living in Spain and had to know the country language. Of course, it happens in Barcelona, because if you go somewhere else like ....a little village in Lerida for instance everybody speaks Catalan and they don´t understand Spanish at all.

Answer 5

Spanish or Catalan.

Answer 6

Spanish and Catalan.

Answer 7

We speak mostly Catalan which is co-official with Spanish.

Answer 8

They speak both catalan and spanish.

Answer 9

Spain did not become unified until the mid-15th century. Many regions consider themselves to be separate nations.
Franco's brutal dictatorship forced all national values other than the Spanish to be abandoned and repressed people speaking their native tongue.
Today, Barcelona is the Principat de Catalunya. They speak Catalan. Spanish, is an imposed foreign language.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principado_de_Catalu%C3%B1a

Answer 10

Barcelona is a city, not a language. And everyone speaks Spanish there. Or you can find a site where they translate those few phrases into Catalán. Or you could actually LEARN the language. I'm pretty sure Byki has some flash cards with basic phrases for a free download.