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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”).
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- Aragonese
- Extremaduran
- Leonese
- Murcian
Number of Speakers:45 million Region:All regions of Spain The Spanish language is indigenous to Spain’s central region, known as Castilla(Castile). Unlike Spain’s other languages, Spanish is spoken across the entire country. It’s often called “Castilian” or even “Castilian Spanish” in English. These terms refer exclusively to the dialects of Spanis...
Number of Speakers:9 million Region:Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands in Spain Though often solely associated with Barcelona, el catalán (Catalan) is spoken in several areas of Spain and southern Europe. Major historical figures who spoke Catalan include artists Gaudí and Dalí. Catalan is also the sole official language of the tiny count...
Number of Speakers:2.4 million Region:Galicia Known in Spanish as el gallego, Galician is spoken in the autonomous community of Galicia, the part of Spain located directly north of Portugal. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the language is very closely related to Portuguese and fairly similar to Spanish by association. In fact, Galician and Portuguese are s...
Number of Speakers: 700,000 Region: Basque Country in Northern Spain Sometimes known as el vasco, Basque is spoken in el euskadi (the Basque Country), a region that encompasses parts of both northern Spain and southern France. Interestingly enough, Basque is a rare example of a “language isolate,“ meaning it isn’t known to be related to any other l...
Number of Speakers:Less than 3,000 Region:Catalonia, especially Val d’Aran If you know Catalan, then there’s another official language of Spain that you likely already understand—even though you might never have heard of it before! Aranese is the dialect of Occitan—an endangered language that’s spoken in France as well as parts of Spain and Italy—a...
Number of Speakers:350,000 Region:Asturias Spoken in Spain’s Asturias directly east of Galicia, el asturiano(Asturian) is a Romance language that shares many similarities with Spanish. Sadly, Asturian today is an endangered language with just 110,000 native speakers remaining. If you add in people who speak it as a second language, the total would ...
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. Aragonese has four variations—Western Aragonese, Southern Aragonese, Central Aragonese, and Ea...
Number of Speakers:200,000 Region:Cáceres Extremaduran, a Romance language, is spoken in western Spain, especially in Extremadura, and extends to parts of Salamanca, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Huelva, and even Barrancos, Portugal. There are two types: Western and Eastern Extremaduran, the latter influenced more by Spanish. While estimates of spe...
Number of Speakers:50,000 Region:León, Zamora and Salamanca Leonese is a Romance language currently spoken in León, Zamora and Salamanca in Spain, and in a few adjoining areas in Portugal. It is recognized in Spain as a dialect of Astur-Leonese or Asturian-Leonese. With fewer than 50,000 speakers, Leonese carries the linguistic heritage of this pic...
Number of Speakers:500,000 Region:Murcia In the southeastern corner of Spain, a variant of Peninsular Spanish, Murcian is spoken mainly in the autonomous community of Murcia and the adjacent comarcas of Vega Baja del Segura and Alto Vinalopó in the province of Alicante (Valencia), the corridor of Almansa in Albacete (Castile-La Mancha). With a spea...
Asturian, which is also known as Bable, is a Romance language spoken by about 550,000 people in parts of Asturias (Asturies) in the north of Spain. Asturian is very closely related to Mirandese and was influenced by the pre-Roman languages spoken in the Asturias region.
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.
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.
