Usage Tips & Recipes. Note: Be careful using peppermint in the evening, as it is known to increase alertness. Decongest: Fill bathroom sink with hot water, add 10 drops of peppermint oil. Place a towel over head, lean over, and breathe deeply.
Some 3,000,000 other people speak Catalan as their second or third language, with 2 million more understanding but not being able to speak it. Catalan, with all its variants, is spread over 68,000 Km2. It's the official language of Andorra and co-official with Spanish in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
In terms of number of speakers and dominance, the most prominent of the languages of Spain is Spanish, spoken by about 99% of Spaniards. Spanish is the country's official national language, and spoken throughout the entire country. Nearly everyone in Spain can speak Spanish as either a first or a second language.In 2005, 89% of Spaniards spoke Spanish as their mother tongue, followed by Catalan/Valencian with 9%. Galician is spoken by 5%, and Basque by 0.9%.Three percent claimed another native language. (Percentages add up to 104%, as these figures include people brought up bilingually.) There are also robust regional languages figuring prominently in a number of territories: 1  Aranese, co-official in Catalonia. Basque is the only non-Romance language with an official status in mainland Spain. 2  Catalan, co-official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and, as a distinct variant (Valencian), in the Valencian Community.