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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 ...
Leonese is a set of vernacular Romance language varieties currently spoken in northern and western portions of the historical region of León in Spain and a few adjoining areas in Portugal. In this narrow sense, Leonese is distinct from the dialects grouped under the Asturian language.
Leonese. Native to. Spain, Portugal. Region. Provinces of León (north and west), Zamora (north-west) in Spain, [1] [2] [3] and the towns of Rionor and Guadramil in northeastern Portugal; [4] [5] Mirandese dialect in Portugal. Native speakers. 20,000–50,000 (2008) [6] [7] Language family. Indo-European.
Asturleonese is classified as Definitely Endangered by the. UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. 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 dialect spoken in the adjoining area of Castile and León is known as Leonese. Asturian is traditionally divided into three dialectal areas, sharing traits with the dialect spoken in León: western, central and eastern. The dialects are mutually intelligible.
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 ...
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.
