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The Kingdom of León [a] was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León. The kings of León fought civil wars, wars against neighbouring kingdoms ...
It is a language continuum. Those people speaking Astur-Leonese closer to somewhere where Castilian is spoken, speak more like Castilian, and those closer to Galicia or some Portuguese regions, more similar to Portuguese. If you are interested, there are some videos in the youtube channel "Wikitongues" where you can listen to different people ...
Astures. The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC. The Astures or Asturs, also named Astyrs, [1] [2] were the Hispano-Celtic [3] [4] inhabitants of the northwest area of Hispania that now comprises almost the entire modern autonomous community of Principality of Asturias, the modern province of León, and the northern part of the modern ...
Aug 19, 2022 · The Asturian-Leonese languages are shown in blue in this map of the languages of the Iberian peninsula. 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 ...
The Extremaduran language ( Extremaduran: estremeñu) is the native language of Northwestern province of Cáceres. About 150,000 people speak it in Extremadura. This language is very similar to Leonese language and Asturian or Bable, spoken in other territories that once made up the Kingdom of León. Is called artu estremeñu (High extremaduran ...
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. In this narrow sense, Leonese is distinct from the dialects ...
