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Should a Country Speak a Single Language? (www.newyorker.com)
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[โ€“] Miaou@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

We French never took our regional languages back, although some areas are still fighting for theirs. So much culture lost.

[โ€“] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

Up in Catalunya (Barcelona) the dialect is very french-spanish influenced, (but don't let anyone from there catch you saying it, lol) and Valenciano is a little less so.