Original sentence: Even today, however, Catalans experience persecution for speaking their native language in their own country
Edited sentence: Although almost all the people living in Barcelona can speak both languages, near the half population uses Catalan, and the other half uses Spanish in their usual life, while this rate increases around the main town, called Àrea Metropolitana.Even today, there are fanatic Catalans who say they experience persecution for speaking their native language in their own region.However, an increasing number of people think Spanish is becoming forsaken there.The political Normalització lingüística Law is a strong tool used by Culture Departments of Catalan Institutions to promote catalan education, art, press, labeling, translation, etc.reducing the presence of everything that can involve any Spanish influence