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Leonese; Llionés: Native to: Spain, Portugal: Region: Provinces of León (north and west), Zamora (north-west) in Castilla y León, in Spain, and the towns of Rionor and Guadramil in northeastern Portugal. Ethnicity: Leonese
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The Leonese (Leonese: Llïoneses; Spanish: Leoneses) are a subgroup of Spaniards, native to León in Spain. The Leonese Kingdom was an independent kingdom in the Middle Ages until 1230 when it was joined to the Kingdom of Castile (from 1296 to 1301 the Kingdom of León was again independent); after the re-union with Castile in 1301 it remained ...
Leonese ( Leonese: llionés, Asturian: lleonés) is a set of vernacular Romance language varieties currently spoken in northern and western portions of the historical region of León in Spain (the modern provinces of León, Zamora, and Salamanca) and a few adjoining areas in Portugal.
A Civilization Explained. The Leonese were the inhabitants of the Kingdom of León. They were among the first to take up arms against the muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula. The kingdom rose to great heights and became one of the primary powers in the area.
History and Cultural Relations. The city of Leon was founded as a Roman frontier town, later conquered by the Moors. Very early in the period of the Spanish reconquest — in the eighth to tenth centuries — it, and the countryside surrounding it, regained its independence.
Leonese (used interchangeably with Asturleonese) was once regarded as an informal dialect that developed from Castilian Spanish, but in 1906, Ramón Menéndez Pidal showed it developed from Latin independently, coming into its earliest distinguishable form in the old Kingdom of León.
The Leonese ( Leonese: Llïoneses; Spanish: Leoneses) are a subgroup of Spaniards, native to León in Spain. Leonese English language Leonese: Llïoneses Spanish: Leoneses. Total population. 736 555 leonese people in Leonese Region. 431 061 leonese in rest of the Kingdom of Spain. In total is 1 168 156 leonese people.
