Catalonia and the people speaking the catalan language reside mostly here:
And this is how they ended up here:
What was there before?
Some Muslims it seems with their own language and culture.
To quote Wikipedia: “From the 8th century onwards the Catalan counts extended their territory southwards and westwards at the expense of the Muslims, bringing their language with them.”
The classic way of grabbing land, kicking off the “native” people (who very likely did the same thing to others who where there before them), put fences and borders and called it their land with their own language. The story of every tribe. Spain, France, USA … Every single one.
Snippet from Culture Cancer - tromsite.com/2026/07/culture-c…
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