#i'm fluent in catalan but it was always a struggle and ive put in a LOT of effort to get it to the level which its at now

[bloomfish]

honestly I know I go on about this but being a suppressed language speaker makes you so protective over any other minority languages that have historically been discriminated against, no matter how far-flung you just feel a connection. i'm lucky to live in a culture that is extremely proud of and protective over its language that fortunately is now thriving, but the reality is not all communities have had the same opportunities and ability to preserve their languages as we've had. it's so important. every speaker counts. a language isn't only worthy of being studied and spoken if its "useful" on a global scale

#if i could download a language straight into my brain it would be welsh. then basque. idc about usefulness #i would love to learn welsh. so much. i am trying to work on pronunciation so i can at least read words aloud correctly #like if things had been different historically i might have spoken both welsh and catalan perfectly from birth #i'm fluent in catalan but it was always a struggle and ive put in a LOT of effort to get it to the level which its at now #my dads family straight up never spoke welsh at all. except my cousin bc she learnt it at school and was just good at it #edit- not from birth. u get what i mean