Catalan is derived from Latin not Spanish, and Basque roots are not even Latin. So, it seems to me, that to say they are not dialects because they have been politicized is a politic statement in itself.
No, I never said that Catalan is a dialect, it is indeed a language.
But Catalan nationalists are even trying to remove all Spanish from the education [1][2] even by disobeying court sentences.
If you compare the situation between Catalan and Galicia. You can see it clearly. Galician is not used by most people nor politicians as a political tool. Catalan is sadly being used as such.
You literally said that Andalusian and others "are dialects because they have not been politicized like Catalan or Basque", suggesting that what makes a language a language instead of a dialect it's its political weight.
Certainly, Catalan is used as a political tool, but it's a little hypocritical to think that Spanish is not. We all know how political questions should be solved in a democracy.
I explained myself poorly, English is not my first language. Andalusian is a set of dialects were Basque, Catalan and Galician are languages.
Having said that, Catalan and Basque have been used as a political tool for decades, much less the Galician, and not the Andalusian dialects of Spanish.
Hope this comment clarifies what I’m trying to say.
But Catalan nationalists are even trying to remove all Spanish from the education [1][2] even by disobeying court sentences.
If you compare the situation between Catalan and Galicia. You can see it clearly. Galician is not used by most people nor politicians as a political tool. Catalan is sadly being used as such.
[1] https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20211123/sentencia-2...
[2] https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-parlament-catala...