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Asturleonese (Astur-Leonese; Asturian: Asturlleonés; Spanish: Asturleonés; Portuguese: Asturo-leonês; Mirandese: Asturlhionés) is a Romance language or language family spoken in northwestern Spain and northeastern Portugal, namely in the historical regions and Spain's modern-day autonomous communities of Asturias, northwestern Castile and ...
The former Kingdom of León was divided into three historical regions: Asturias, León, and Extremadura, with the eastern territories into Castile. The Spanish division of 1833 [2] recognised as Leonese the provinces of León, Salamanca, and Zamora. They are now part of Castile and León .
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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, where it is known as Mirandese, sometimes considered another lang...
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Other known names and dialect names: Astur-Leonese, Asturian-Leonese, Asturianu, Bable, Central Asturian, Eastern Asturian, Leonese, Lleones, Montañes, West Asturian, Western Asturian. Use faceted search to explore resources for Asturian language.
Aug 19, 2022 · Astur-Leonese —also called Asturian-Leonese or Asturian or Leonese — (in its own language: asturllionés, asturianu, llionés and popularly bable) is a Romance language spoken in part of Spain (around Asturias, northwestern León and western Cantabria) and part of Portugal (around the boundary city of Miranda do Douro ).
Asturleonese (Asturian: Asturlleonés) is a Romance language spoken mainly in the autonomous communities of Asturias, northwestern León and Cantabria, and also in some parts of Portugal.
It is spoken in the autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias (the area where it is most widely used), in the north east of the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora and in the area of Miranda do Douro in Portugal, where the language is called mirandés (García Gil 2018: 183).
