Òscar Escuder is the president of Plataforma per la Llengua, an entity that calls itself “the Catalan language NGO” and which, over the last 30 years has made the defence of Catalonia’s language its objective. The organization’s goal, he explains in this interview, is “to end the minoritization [of Catalan] in the entire linguistic domain”, a task that they tackle with, on the one hand, the preparation of different reports on linguistic usage, which have tended to confirm concerns about the current state of Catalan, and on the other, through campaigns of linguistic awareness and others denouncing the breaches of linguistic rights suffered by Catalan speakers in their own territory. We talk to Escuder about the linguistic situation, the milestones achieved with respect to the language in recent weeks, as well as the challenges it faces.
Do you at the Plataforma feel alone in the task of defending Catalan?
