After the latest data was releasedSurvey of Linguistic Uses of the Population It is clear that the Catalan language's recovery must involve providing it with clear rules for its use. I am not referring, of course, to grammatical rules, but to political rules. The most important would be to make its knowledge as mandatory as Spanish. To live and work in Catalonia, it is necessary to know Catalan.
We are no longer in the Catalonia of bilingualism, but in the Catalonia of multilingualism and multiculturalism. If we want Catalan to be everyone's language, the sociolinguistic framework of 50 years ago, in which schools and TV3 were used to try to reverse centuries of prohibitions, is not enough. Political parties, unions, and employers' associations must stop looking the other way and must clearly state whether they refuse to give Catalan the same treatment as Spanish.
Until this happens, let's explore the preliminary steps: what are the current obligations of companies regarding the Catalan language skills of the staff they hire? If they already exist, they cannot be violated. Just as consumer rights must be able to be fulfilled. And when the usual suspects come out saying that Catalan cannot be imposed, ask them if Castilian Spanish just fell from the sky.
Now that we are witnessing a peak in the use of the word anatomyLet's apply it to Catalan. Anatomy is the science that studies the structure of living beings based on observation and dissection. Let's dissect Catalan, which varies from place to place. And above all: let's examine its anatomy before they perform an autopsy.
