alt Hacker NewsWe have the same thing happening, on multiple levels, here too. First some Spanish parents are afraid the children aren't listening and watching enough Spanish media. Then additionally, some Catalan parents are afraid the children don't get to use Catalan in school so they don't become proficient enough to use it in society.
Replies
darkwater • yesterday at 8:17 PM
The Catalan situation is completely different and unrelated, being a completely different language and not endangered (with or without scary quotes, as you prefer) by an ex-colony that became independent. Actually many Catalans would like to be such ex-colony.
➕ show 1 reply
Spain also took the route of dubbing foreign media, whereas Portugal tends to subtitle instead. This sort of exacerbates the situation, since it means that typically any Portuguese dubs of American media will be Brazilian.