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In the past, it was spoken in a wider area, including most of the historical region of Leon. The current number of Leonese speakers is estimated at 20,000 to 50,000. [6] [7] [8] Leonese forms part of the Asturleonese dialect continuum with dialects of Asturian.
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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 ...
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There is no real linguistic division, though; it is only a purely political and identitary division, as dialectal areas are in fact shaped along a north-south axis. In the past, it was spoken in a wider area, including most of the historical region. The current number of Leonese speakers is estimated at 20,000 to 50,000.
Aug 2, 2017 · Asturian is spoken by approximately 100,000 individuals within Asturias plus a few thousand more outside of this region. Historically, Astur-Leonese was spoken in parts of the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora and there are still remnants of it in Castilian Spanish.
Leonese people speak predominantly Spanish (Castilian) but there are also Leonese, Mirandese, and Portuguese spoken in parts of the region of Leon. The majority of Leonese people are Roman Catholic. In addition to its shifts between Spain and Castile, the region of León fell under control of the Moors in 717 AD.
Leonese; Native to: Spain, Portugal: Region: Provinces of León (north and west), Zamora (north-west) in Spain, and the towns of Rionor and Guadramil in northeastern Portugal; Mirandese dialect in Portugal.
Aug 19, 2022 · It receives some support by the autonomous region of Asturias but is not recognized as an official language neither in Asturias, nor in León and Cantabria. A lot of inhabitants can speak daily Asturian-Leonese although their tongue is dominated by the state languages, Spanish and Portuguese.
