Foreign residents may have to learn Catalan in the Balearics
First it’s a property ban, now you have to learn Catalan
Foreign residents may have to go back to school to learn Catalan. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma06/02/2023 14:37
The Proposta per les Illes (el Pi) party today proposed the creation of a language exchange programme to promote and the Catalan language among the foreign resident community in the Balearics.
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Humphrey Carter once again with his totally inaccurate reporting and ridiculous headline. Jeez!
Is this for REAL....? wat happened to CHOICE...!!! ...first Property Ban, then only SO many People/Turiistes can come..limited number..NOW THIS...FOR GODS SAKE...!!! WHAT NEXT....!!!!
MDB at it again. So nobody said it was an obligation to learn Catalan. Poor headline and very misleading. It's nice that they are proud of there language but it's pointless in the real world and holds generations of kids back.
*sigh*
What a ridiculous headline. No one said anything about 'having to learn' Catalan.
Trust a journalist to go for the catchy provocative but totally incorrect headline. As far as I am aware there is no mention of compulsion from El Pi. This is more of a dog whistle to their full on Mallorquin nationalist supporters - look how we are promoting OUR language ( with the elections coming up) Personally I have no problem with trying to promote and preserve Mallorquin . However if the time ever came when Mallorca went independent then they would have every right to make it compulsory. That's when the grand exodus would begin.