Asturleonese language
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Asturleonese is an Ibero-Romance language or language cluster spoken in northwestern Spain and northeastern Portugal, namely in the historical regions and Spain's modern-day autonomous communities of
The current extent of the Asturleonese varieties
How to say 'Fire' in the Asturleonese language(s)
Asturian language
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Asturian is a West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Asturian is part of a wider linguistic group, the Asturleonese languages. The number of speakers is estimated
Asturleonese language
…its native speakers, as it forms a dialect continuum of mutually intelligible varieties and therefore it is primarily referred to by their glossonyms – Asturian, Leonese, Cantabrian, Extremaduran, and Mirandese. Asturleonese has been classified by UNESCO as an endangered language, as the varieties are being…
19th-century sketch of 17th-century author Antón de Marirreguera
Jurist and neoclassical author Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744–1811), who envisaged the Academy of the Asturian Language
1918 example of the usage of Asturian in advertising, "Take a good look at me... I'm smoking with La Panoya rolling paper"
1926 example of the usage of Asturian language and toponym in advertising, "Motorists and Truckers! Make your purchases at Tuero, the cheapest and most assorted in Oviedo"