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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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- 20,000–50,000 (2008)
Leonese language (llionés in Leonese) is the language of León and Zamora, both in Spain, and Bragança, in Portugal. A Romance language, Leonese was the language of the Kingdom of León in the Middle Ages. Leonese is recognised by the UN as "seriously endangered" and is officially recognised by Castile and León.
- 20,000–50,000 (2008)
The Leonese (Leonese: Llïoneses; Spanish: Leoneses) are a subgroup of Spaniards, native to León in Spain.
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.
Spanish is the dominant language spoken throughout the territory, while Galician is spoken in the occidental part of El Bierzo. Demographics. In January 2005 the population of the Leonese Region was distributed by provinces as follows: Leon, 497,387; Salamanca, 351,326; and Zamora, 197,237.
- 38,489 km² (14,861 sq mi)
- Castile and León
- 969,783
- Spain
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 majority of languages of Spain belong to the Romance language family, of which Spanish is the only one with official status in the whole country. Others, including Catalan/Valencian (in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands) and Galician (in Galicia), enjoy official status in their respective autonomous regions, similar to Basque in the northeast of the country (a non-Romance ...
