Asturian language

E122586

Romance language West Iberian language language of Spain minority language

The Asturian language is a Romance language of the West Iberian group spoken primarily in the Asturias region of northern Spain, closely related to Leonese and Mirandese.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Asturian	11
Asturian language canonical	8
Astur-Leonese	3
Astur-Leonese language continuum	3
Astur-Leonese language group	2
Leonese language	2
Astur-Leonese language	1
Astur-Leonese languages	1
Asturianu	1
Asturleonese Spanish varieties	1
Central Asturian	1
Eastern Asturian	1
Galician-Asturian	1
Gallego-Asturiano	1
Gallego-asturiano	1
Western Asturian	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1023402 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asturian language
Context triple: [Galician language, hasNeighbourLanguage, Asturian language]

A. Aragonese language
The Aragonese language is a minority Romance language spoken primarily in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain, closely related to Spanish and Catalan.
B. Galician language
The Galician language is a Romance language spoken primarily in the Galicia region of northwestern Spain, historically and linguistically very close to Portuguese.
C. Llanito
Llanito is a unique vernacular spoken in Gibraltar that blends Andalusian Spanish, British English, and elements from other Mediterranean languages.
D. Maiduan languages
Maiduan languages are a small group of Native American languages once spoken in northeastern California, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
E. Murcian Spanish
Murcian Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken mainly in the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain, characterized by phonetic and lexical features similar to those of neighboring Andalusian dialects.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asturian language
Target entity description: The Asturian language is a Romance language of the West Iberian group spoken primarily in the Asturias region of northern Spain, closely related to Leonese and Mirandese.

A. Aragonese language
The Aragonese language is a minority Romance language spoken primarily in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain, closely related to Spanish and Catalan.
B. Galician language
The Galician language is a Romance language spoken primarily in the Galicia region of northwestern Spain, historically and linguistically very close to Portuguese.
C. Llanito
Llanito is a unique vernacular spoken in Gibraltar that blends Andalusian Spanish, British English, and elements from other Mediterranean languages.
D. Maiduan languages
Maiduan languages are a small group of Native American languages once spoken in northeastern California, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
E. Murcian Spanish
Murcian Spanish is a regional variety of the Spanish language spoken mainly in the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain, characterized by phonetic and lexical features similar to those of neighboring Andalusian dialects.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romance language ⓘ West Iberian language ⓘ language of Spain ⓘ minority language ⓘ
belongsTo	Asturian culture ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Galician language ⓘ Leonese ⓘ surface form: Leonese language Mirandese language ⓘ Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
derivedFrom	Vulgar Latin ⓘ
glottocode	astu1245 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Asturian language ⓘ surface form: Astur-Leonese Asturian language ⓘ surface form: Asturianu Bable ⓘ
hasDialects	Asturian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Asturian Asturian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Asturian Asturian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Asturian
hasFeature	consonant palatalization ⓘ lenition of Latin consonants ⓘ neuter gender in nouns ⓘ periphrastic past tenses ⓘ use of definite articles with personal names ⓘ voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ in some dialects ⓘ
hasOrthography	standard Asturian orthography ⓘ
hasStandardForm	standard Asturian ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	ast ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	ast ⓘ
languageFamily	Romance languages ⓘ West Iberian languages ⓘ
legalStatus	not an official language of Spain at state level ⓘ
nativeName	asturianu ⓘ bable ⓘ
partOf	Asturian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Astur-Leonese language continuum
primaryRegion	Principality of Asturias ⓘ
recognizedAs	protected language in Asturias ⓘ
region	northern Spain ⓘ surface form: Northern Spain
regulatingBody	Academy of the Asturian Language ⓘ surface form: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana
spokenIn	Asturias ⓘ Cantabria ⓘ Castile and León ⓘ Extremadura ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ
standardizedBy	Academy of the Asturian Language ⓘ surface form: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana
subclassOf	Ibero-Romance language ⓘ Indo-European language ⓘ
usedFor	education in Asturias ⓘ literature ⓘ media and broadcasting in Asturias ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galician language → hasNeighbourLanguage → Asturian language ⓘ

Ibero-Romance languages → hasMajorLanguage → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonese language

Mirandese language → subfamilyOf → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese

Mirandese language → languageFamily → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese

Mirandese language → closelyRelatedTo → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonese language

Cantabrian Mountains → hasLanguagePresence → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

northern Spain → hasLanguage → Asturian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Spain

this entity surface form: Asturian

Old Spanish → developsInto → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturleonese Spanish varieties

Eonavian language → alternativeName → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Galician-Asturian

Eonavian language → alternativeName → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gallego-Asturiano

Eonavian language → alternativeName → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gallego-asturiano

Eonavian language → sharesFeaturesWith → Asturian language ⓘ

Eonavian language → closelyRelatedTo → Asturian language ⓘ

Eonavian language → hasDialectContinuumWith → Asturian language ⓘ

Eonavian language → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Asturian language ⓘ

Western Romance → includesLanguage → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

Asturian language → hasDialects → Asturian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Asturian

Asturian language → hasDialects → Asturian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Asturian

Asturian language → hasDialects → Asturian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Asturian

Asturian language → partOf → Asturian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese language continuum

Asturian language → hasAlternativeName → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturianu

Asturian language → hasAlternativeName → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese

Hispano-Romance dialects → gaveRiseTo → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese language group

Extremaduran language → subfamilyOf → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese language group

mirandés → subclassOf → Asturian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Mirandés

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese language

mirandés → partOf → Asturian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Mirandés

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese language continuum

mirandés → closelyRelatedTo → Asturian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Mirandés

this entity surface form: Asturian

Sendinês → languageFamily → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese languages

Sendinês → sharesFeaturesWith → Asturian language ⓘ

Central Mirandese → hasInfluenceFrom → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

Italo-Western Romance languages → includesLanguage → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

Leonese → partOf → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astur-Leonese language continuum

Asturias → recognizedLanguage → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

Gijón → alsoSpokenLanguage → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

Nalón → languageOfToponym → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

Pelayo → languageOfName → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

Covadonga → regionalLanguageUsed → Asturian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asturian

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