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Originally Posted by poli
What surprises some people in the United States is that Spain isn't all flamenco with castanets and bullfights. In Northwestern Spain, bagpipes and Celtic dances are what identifies the culture. Spain is a country of several languages. What the world knows as the Spanish language is really Castilian. There are three other Spanish languages spoken there and a major dialect too.
Spain is just the tip of the iceberg. Hispanic culture is rich and varied.
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Very interesting poli about the Celtic bagpipes and Celtic dances in Spain. This is all part of the same Celtic influence in Ireland, Scotland, France and Italy making the Spanish connection to Ireland, Scotland, France and Italy. Would anyone ever think that the Irish and the Spanish have things in common, are related by the Celts along with the relationship to the other Latin language countries? All this a part from the fact that all the Latin based languages/countries are related because they were all part of the Roman Empire.
The only language in Spain that does not come from Latin or is not a Romance(Roman) language is Basque or vasco. What makes the vasco language so interesting is also the fact that it is not known to be related to any other language spoken anywhere in the world today. All European languages are related and are know as Indo-european languages but not vasco which makes it's origin a mystery. Logic is that it is a descendant of one of the pre-latin languages spoken on the Iberian peninsula before the Roman conquest. However there is a theory that Basque might be related to some other languages, in particular Georgian(a Russian dialect) and other languages of the Caucasus. Wow! A Spanish or Spain connection to Russia.