Asturian language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Asturian |
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| Astur-Leonese asturianu |
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| Native to | Spain |
| Region | Autonomous Community of Asturias |
| Native speakers | 110,000 (2007)e17 450,000 L2 speakers (1994) |
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Indo-European
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| Writing system | Latin |
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| Regulated by | Academy of the Asturian Language (Asturian) |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-ca |
Linguistic area of asturian language
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The Asturian language is the native language of Asturias. Between 200,000 and 600,000 people speak it in Asturias. This language is very similar to Leonese Language, spoken in other territories that once made up the Kingdom of León (León, Western Zamora, Salamanca and Northwestern Cáceres where is called extremaduran), and to Mirandes Language, spoken in Miranda do Douro in Portugal. In Asturias, primary and secondary students can choose to study it.
Images for kids
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19th-century sketch of 17th-century author Antón de Marirreguera
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Jurist and neoclassical author Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744–1811), who envisaged the Academy of the Asturian Language
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Asturian dialects: western, central and eastern
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Asturian H and Ḥ
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Asturian Ḷ
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Asturian dictionary, published by the Academy of the Asturian Language
See also
In Spanish: Asturiano (asturleonés de Asturias) para niños
