„Hispaniola“

You might get mixed reactions here as well, this sub seems to hate history for whatever reason.

The video isn’t entirely accurate, at least in the east of the peninsula.

In Valencia, a Valencian Romance language—which had evolved from Vulgar Latin—was spoken alongside Arabic even during the Taifa of Valencia period.

With the arrival of James I in 1238, the languages used in the city were respected, and Arabic fell into disuse.

Of course, even today, people in Valencia still speak their own language rather than Catalan. Official texts written in Catalan in Catalonia are translated into Valencian in Valencia, and vice versa.

The official websites of Spanish public offices are required to be translated into all official languages.

For example, if you go to [https://www.interior.gob.es/](https://www.interior.gob.es/), you can see in the top right-hand corner that you can choose between Catalan, Galician, Basque, Valencian, Spanish and English.

I don’t know why the person who made the video didn’t know this, as it is common knowledge. We have the Valencian jarchas written in romance-valencian in the 11th century; it’s not as if they’re hidden 🙂 On the other side and Valencian Statute of Autonomy states that Valencian (and not Catalan) is the official language of the Valencian Community.

So, well, not really historically accurate but sort of propaganda.

So the „reconquest“ was more of a conquest

I’d go back to the linguistic state of 1300 any day of the week.

I love Spain, but the more languages are lost, the more we loose our identity.

No, everyone speaking Castillan is not how things are meant to be. We live in Spain, not BIG CASTILLA.