Linguistic States - India

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by poli

http://www.internations.org/expats/m...celona/indians

That only shows 50 Indians in Barcelona, compared with over 500 Germans.

[JPablo]

Yes, the Germans have been coming since the 70s and there are entire little towns in Girona and Mallorca where, if your German is nonexistent... you can't buy a loaf of Brot!

The Indians phenomena I believe it starts less than 20 years ago... (?)

Sorry, I have to correct myself... In Asterix in Hispania there is already a clear reference about Germans coming through about 50 or 45 B.C. !

(Not to mention the Visigodos, Suevos y Alanos... todas ellas tribus germánicas... los españoles somos muchos godos, y Carlos I de España y V de Alemania, hablaba mejor el alemán que el español... y...)

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by poli

I know that Barcelona has an established population of English-speaking Indians.

I was served by one in a supermarket when I was there. He seemed to find it rather amusing that I used my little Catalan on him.

Originally Posted by Perikles

That only shows 50 Indians in Barcelona, compared with over 500 Germans.

I had to disabuse an Australian friend of the notion that the photo he had taken in Cataluña showing a house named "4Germans" was evidence of immigration...

[JPablo]

Originally Posted by pjt33

I was served by one in a supermarket when I was there. He seemed to find it rather amusing that I used my little Catalan on him.

Molt bé, noi! En catalá, si us plau.
[Well done, lad! In catalonian, please.]

I had to disabuse an Australian friend of the notion that the photo he had taken in Cataluña showing a house named "4Germans" was evidence of immigration...