Are you going to teach me what language predominates in Catalonia and in the Basque country Seriously I am Catalan of Basque descent Catalan is spoken and understood mainly because its almost a dialect of Spanish it is so similar but Basques situation is similar to the one of Irish taught at school but only spoken commonly in remote areas If you want further proof check this referenced statement from the Spanish Wikipedia article Catalua El castellano es la lengua ms hablada de Catalua superando al cataln no slo como lengua habitual sino tambin como lengua materna y de identificacin tanto en cifras relativas como absolutas Im reverting to the map that makes more justice to the current situation of European languages