Language diversity

It seems that lately only a few languages have relevance, and above all, English is by far the most studied language in the world. Today I was thinking about what to talk and repently an idea came to my mind: Why not to talk about language diversity? It is an issue that we discussed in class referring to Gaeilge and the country I come from has a great linguistic diversity...

In Spain 8 different laguages are spoken: Spanish, Catalan (in Catalonia, the Valencian Country, eastern Aragon and the Balearic Islands), Basque (in northern Navarra and the Basque Country), Galician (in Galicia), Astur-Leonese (in Asturias and western Castilla-León), Aragonese (in northern Aragon), Occitan (in the Vall d’Aràn) and Portuguese (in some areas near to Portugal).

However, according to the Spanish constitution, only 4 languages are considered co-official languages in its respective autonomous regions (since Spanish is the official language throughout Spain): Catalan, Galician, Basque and... Valencian. Yes, the "Valencian language" is considered a co-official language in Spain. This is because the regional government of the Valencian Community has never recognized that Valencian is a dialect of Catalan laguage, although any linguist would affirm that without hesitation.

Maybe another day I will explain why the government of Valencia doesn't recognize Valencian as a dialect of Catalan, but it has to do with the constant attacks that the Spanish centralist governments hold against the endangered languages of the country.