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.
The Generalitat de Catalunya spends part of its annual budget on the promotion of the use of Catalan in Catalonia and in other territories. Catalan evolved from Vulgar Latin around the eastern Pyrenees in the 9th century. During the Low Middle Ages it saw a golden age as the literary and dominant language of the Crown of Aragon, and was widely used all over the Mediterranean.