Asturian language

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/asturian-language

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1. What is the linguistic classification?West Iberian Romance language, part of the Asturleonese group
2. What is the primary location?Principality of Asturias, Spain
3. Where is Asturian spoken?Asturian is spoken in the northern part of Spain, especially in the region called Asturias.
4. How many people speak Asturian?About 100,000 people speak Asturian as their first language, and around 450,000 people can speak it a little.

West Iberian Romance: A subgroup of Romance languages that developed in the western Iberian Peninsula, including Spanish and Portuguese.
Vulgar Latin: The spoken, colloquial form of Latin that evolved into the Romance languages.
Reconquista: The historical period in the Iberian Peninsula during which Christian kingdoms gradually recaptured territory from Muslim rule.
Linguistic Assimilation: The process by which a minority language speaker adopts the language of the dominant group.