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What’s with this “Wren” thing?
The oldest extant version of the fable
we
are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology
of Low
Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche
Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”)
collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read
more ...
Catalan-Valencian-Balearic
Catalan,
Valencian and Balear have a long history of
struggling to hold on to their places under pressure from
dominating Spanish and French in a very touristy region.
Language information:
Catalan-Valencian-Balearic is used primarily on the eastern Iberian Peninsula
and on the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, and there are some speaker
communities in Southern France as well. It is the official language of the
country of Andorra. Its main groups are
Catalan
(Catalonia,
Southern
France,
Andorra), Valencian (Valencia) and Balearic (Balearic Islands), as well as
an archaic
dialect of Alguer/Alghero on the Italian-administered island of Sardinia. Catalan-Valencian-Balearic
varieties are used in Spanish province of Aragon as well, specifically
in its eastern fringe (La Franja) bordering the provinces of Catalonia and Valencia, while Castilian and Aragonese
are predominant in the rest of Aragon.
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