Is Catalan a dialect?

Question

for my spanish hw, there a question that says, what is an example of a dialect?? she gave us some examples of dialects which are el dialecto cubano, y argentino. so is catalan a dialect, if not, then what is? please write it in spanish.

Answer 1

Catalan is not a dialect of Spanish.  Instead, it is a regional language of Spain, and it's considered a separate romance language--just as different from Spanish as French and Italian.

Rioplatense is an example of a dialect of Spanish:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rioplatense...

Another example is Andalusian Spanish:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusian_...

Here's a big list of Spanish dialects:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dia...

Answer 2

Pepita está loca.

Its a language. A language spoken by some 6 or 7 million people. And one of the co-official languages in Spain.

Answer 3

Si pero argentino y cubano es como peruviano y mexicano y chileno