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Asturian
asturianu
Native to
Spain
Region
Asturias
Ethnicity
Asturians
Native speakers
Around 1/3 of Asturians[1] (2000) 62% of Asturians[2] (2017)
Language family
Indo-European
Italic
Latino-Faliscan
Latin
Romance
Italo-Western
Western
Iberian Romance
West Iberian
Asturleonese
Asturian
Dialects
Western Asturian
Writing system
Latin
Official status
Recognised minority language in
Asturias[3] (Spain)
Regulated by
Academia de la Llingua Asturiana
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ast
ISO 639-3
ast
Glottolog
astu1245
ELP
Asturian
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ca
IETF
ast-u-sd-esas
Linguistic area of Astur-Leonese, including Asturian
Victor Suárez speaking Asturian.
Asturian (/æˈstʊəriən/; asturianu[astuˈɾjanʊ],[4] formerly also known as the now derogatory bable[ˈbaβlɪ]) is a West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Principality of Asturias, Spain.[5] Asturian is part of a wider linguistic group, the Asturleonese languages. The number of speakers is estimated at 100,000 (native) and 450,000 (second language).[6] 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. Asturian has a distinct grammar, dictionary, and orthography. It is regulated by the Academy of the Asturian Language. Although it is not an official language of Spain[7] it is protected under the Statute of Autonomy of Asturias and is an elective language in schools.[8] For much of its history, the language has been ignored or "subjected to repeated challenges to its status as a language variety" due to its lack of official status.[9]
^González-Quevedo, Roberto (2001). "The Asturian Speech Community". In Turell, Maria Teresa (ed.). Multilingualism in Spain: Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Aspects of Linguistic Minority Groups. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. pp. 165–182. doi:10.21832/9781853597107-009. ISBN 1-85359-491-1.
^Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2017). III Encuesta Sociolingüística de Asturias: Avance de Resultados (in Spanish). Oviedo. ISBN 978-84-8168-554-1.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"Asturian in Asturias in Spain". Database for the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Public Foundation for European Comparative Minority Research. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^Art. 1 de la Ley 1/1998, de 23 de marzo, de uso y promoción del bable/asturiano [Law 1/93, of March 23, on the Use and Promotion of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish)
^Salminen, Tapani (2007). "Europe and North Asia". In Moseley, Christopher (ed.). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. London: Routledge. pp. 211–281. doi:10.4324/9780203645659. ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0.
^"Asturian". ethnologue.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^"La jueza a Fernando González: "No puede usted hablar en la lengua que le dé la gana"". El Comercio (in Spanish). EFE. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^see: Institut de Sociolingüística Catalana (29 May 1998). "Asturian in Spain". Archived from the original on 27 December 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^Wells, Naomi (2019). "State Recognition for 'Contested Languages': A Comparative Study of Sardinian and Asturian, 1992–2010". Language Policy. 18 (2): 243–267. doi:10.1007/s10993-018-9482-6. S2CID 149849322.
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