The [[dictator]] [[Francisco Franco]] tried to suppress the Catalan language in Spain during the mid-twentieth century, but since his death and the restoration of [[democracy]] it has seen a resurgence, along with other regional languages such as [[Basque]] and [[Galician]]. | The [[dictator]] [[Francisco Franco]] tried to suppress the Catalan language in Spain during the mid-twentieth century, but since his death and the restoration of [[democracy]] it has seen a resurgence, along with other regional languages such as [[Basque]] and [[Galician]]. |