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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 ...
In a narrow geographical sense, Leonese is distinct from the dialects grouped under the Asturian language. [10] However, the division between Leonese and Asturian is largely political and identitary, with the dialects representing a single dialect continuum currently known as Astur-Leonese or Asturian-Leonese. [11]
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Asturian ( / æˈstʊəriən /; asturianu [astuˈɾjanʊ] ), [4] [5] is a West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. [6] . Asturian is part of a wider linguistic group, the Asturleonese languages. The number of speakers is estimated at 100,000 (native) and 450,000 (second language). [7] .
Asturleonese 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 León, Cantabria and Extremadura, and in Riudenore and Tierra de Miranda in Portugal.
Asturleonese is a dialect continuum, speakers of Leonese, Cantabrian and Asturian (Mirandese in Portugal) are mutually intelligible, meaning they can understand each other. Asturleonese has been classified by UNESCO as an endangered language, because it is being replaced by the Spanish language .
West Iberian is a branch of the Ibero-Romance languages that includes the Castilian languages ( Spanish, Judaeo-Spanish ), Astur-Leonese ( Asturian, Leonese, Mirandese, Extremaduran (sometimes) and Cantabrian ), [1] [2] and the descendants of Galician-Portuguese ( Portuguese, Galician, Eonavian, Fala, Minderico, Cafundó, and Judaeo-Portuguese ).
Linguistic area of Eonavian. Galician–Asturian [b] or Eonavian ( autonym: fala; Asturian: eonaviegu, gallego-asturianu; Galician: eonaviego, galego-asturiano) is a set of Romance dialects or falas whose linguistic dominion extends into the zone of Asturias between the Eo River and Navia River (or more specifically the Eo and the Frejulfe River ).
