Extremaduran language

E129249

The Extremaduran language is a minority Romance language spoken mainly in the Extremadura region of western Spain, characterized by features transitional between Spanish, Leonese, and Portuguese.

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Extremaduran language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ibero-Romance language
Romance language
minority language
hasAlternativeName Castúo
Estremeñu
Extremeñu
surface form: Extremeño

Extremeñu
hasCulturalDomain folk poetry
regional literature
traditional music
hasDialect Central Extremaduran
Extremadura
surface form: Northern Extremaduran

Southern Extremaduran
hasEndangermentStatus definitely endangered
hasGlottocode extr1244
hasISOCode ext
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Leonese
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Spanish
hasLinguasphereCode 51-AAA-b
hasMorphologicalFeature use of definite articles derived from Latin ILLUM
hasOrthographicVariation multiple competing spelling norms
hasPhonologicalFeature aspiration or loss of final -s in some dialects
yeísmo in many varieties
hasRegulatoryBody no fully official regulatory academy
hasSociolinguisticSituation often considered a dialect of Spanish by non-specialists
subject to language shift toward Spanish
hasStatus minority language without strong official recognition
hasTenseSystem similar to other Ibero-Romance languages
hasWordOrder predominantly SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin script
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith neighboring Spanish dialects to some degree
some Astur-Leonese varieties to some degree
isTransitionalBetween Leonese
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Spanish
languageBranch Ibero-Romance languages
surface form: Ibero-Romance
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
region Province of Badajoz
surface form: Badajoz province

Province of Cáceres
surface form: Cáceres province

Las Hurdes
Sierra de Gata
spokenIn Extremadura
Spain
western Spain
subfamilyOf Asturian language
surface form: Astur-Leonese language group

Ibero-Romance languages
surface form: West Iberian languages
usedBy Extremadura
surface form: Extremaduran people

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Ibero-Romance languages hasMajorLanguage Extremaduran language