7 Interesting Facts about Catalan

As the other Romance languages, Catalan developed from Latin. More specifically, the version of Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. The variants of Latin preferred by the commoners and spoken in the various corners of the empire were called Vulgar Latin. Over time, Vulgar Latin (the non-standard kinds) changed into the several members of the Romance languages spoken in today’s Europe. All of this means that Catalan is essentially one example of Latin spoken in modern Europe.