Back Leonees Afrikaans Idioma leyonés AN لغة ليونية Arabic Lleonés (llingüística) AST Leon dili Azerbaijani لئون دیلی AZB Leonesische Sproch BAR Леонская мова Byelorussian Леонски език Bulgarian Lionkan BM
| Leonese | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Spain, Portugal |
| Region | Provinces of León (north and west), Zamora (north-west) in Spain,[1][2][3] and the towns of Rionor and Guadramil in northeastern Portugal;[4][5] Mirandese dialect in Portugal. |
Native speakers | 20,000–50,000 (2008)[6][7] |
| Official status | |
Official language in | As of 2010, has special status in the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | leon1250 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-cc |
Leonese language (llionés in Leonese) is the language of León and Zamora, both in Spain, and Bragança, in Portugal. A Romance language, Leonese was the language of the Kingdom of León in the Middle Ages.
Leonese is recognised by the UN as "seriously endangered" and is officially recognised by Castile and León.
- ↑ Herrero Ingelmo, J.L. "El Leonés en Salamanca cien años después"
- ↑ Llorente Maldonado, Antonio: "Las hablas vivas de Zamora y Salamanca en la actualidad"
- ↑ Borrego Nieto, Julio: "Leonés"
- ↑ Menéndez Pidal, R. El Dialecto Leonés. Madrid. 1906
- ↑ Cruz, Luísa Segura da; Saramago, João and Vitorino, Gabriela: "Os dialectos leoneses em território português: coesão e diversidade". In "Variação Linguística no Espaço, no Tempo e na Sociedade". Associação Portuguesa de Linguística. Lisbon: Edições Colibri, p. 281-293. 1994.
- ↑ González Riaño, Xosé Antón; García Arias, Xosé Lluis. II Estudiu Sociollingüísticu De Lleón: Identidá, conciencia d'usu y actitúes llingüístiques de la población lleonesa. Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2008. ISBN 978-84-8168-448-3
- ↑ Sánchez Prieto, R. (2008): "La elaboración y aceptación de una norma lingüística en comunidades dialectalmente divididas: el caso del leonés y del frisio del norte". In: Sánchez Prieto, R./ Veith, D./ Martínez Areta, M. (ed.): Mikroglottika Yearbook 2008. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.