There are fifteen languages in the Iberian Peninsula. Some are quite different than Castilian - which we call Spanish. Around Barcelona, they speak Catalan. The word is derived from Gotaland. The inhabitants of that part of Spain originally came from the Province of Gotaland in Sweden. Many of the verbs the Catalonians use are very similar to Swedish verbs, but the Swedish core is mixed in with French and Latin type words. Oh, Gotaland is where English gets its word, Goths. In the Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf, the Gotalandians are called Geats. Richard T. **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)