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The number of speakers is estimated at 100,000 (native) and 450,000 (second language). [7] The dialects of the Astur-Leonese language family are traditionally classified in three groups: Western, Central, and Eastern. For historical and demographic reasons, the standard is based on Central Asturian.
The Asturian language is the native language of Asturias. Between 200,000 and 600,000 people speak it in Asturias.
Asturias Languages. The only official language in Asturias is Spanish. The Asturian language, also known as Bable, is also spoken, and is protected by law (Ley 1/1998, de 23 de marzo, de uso y promoción del bable/asturiano — “Law 1/1998, of 23 March, of Use and Promotion of Bable/Asturian”).
According to the III Encuesta Sociolingüística de Asturias, presented in 2017 by the Euskobarómetro team of the EHU, the total number of active + passive speakers (people who say they understand Asturian) is over 600,000.
Thus, according to the data from the latest survey (Llera Ramo 2018: 85–86), 25% of Asturians report being able to write, read, speak, and understand the Asturian language (Figure 4), which accounts for approximately 250,000 speakers out of the approximately one million inhabitants in Asturias.
Dec 21, 2023 · Asturies — Asturias. 7. Aragonese. Number of Speakers: <10,000. Region: Pyrenean area. Spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in the Aragon valleys of the Pyrenees, Aragonese is a Romance language that is very similar to Spanish, Catalan and Occitan. It also shares many similarities with Basque.
Apr 25, 2023 · There are nine hundred sixty-six thousand ethnically Asturian people living in Spain as of the 2021 census, primarily in the Asturias region. The region inhabited today by the...
