Fala

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Fala is a Romance language spoken in a small area of northwestern Extremadura, Spain, closely related to Galician and Portuguese.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
A Fala 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ibero-Romance language
Romance language
minority language
closelyRelatedTo Galician
Portuguese
continent Europe
country Spain
developedFrom Galician-Portuguese continuum NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName A Fala NERFINISHED
A Fala de Xálima NERFINISHED
Jalimego NERFINISHED
Xalimego NERFINISHED
hasApproximateSpeakers several thousand
hasCommunity Valle de Jálama inhabitants
hasDialect Lagarteiru NERFINISHED
Mañegu NERFINISHED
Valverdeiru
hasGrammaticalGender yes
hasLanguageRegulator no official regulatory body
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Spanish
hasNumberDistinction singular and plural
hasOfficialStatus no national official status in Spain
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Spanish
ISOStatus hasISO639-3 code
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
morphologyType fusional language
preservationEfforts local cultural associations
recognizedAs Bien de Interés Cultural in Extremadura
region Sierra de Gata NERFINISHED
Valle de Jálama NERFINISHED
relatedTo Galician-Portuguese NERFINISHED
spokenIn Extremadura NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
Valle de Jálama NERFINISHED
northwestern Extremadura NERFINISHED
spokenInLocality Eljas NERFINISHED
San Martín de Trevejo NERFINISHED
Valverde del Fresno NERFINISHED
subfamily Ibero-Romance languages
Western Romance languages
typology SVO word order
usedIn local cultural expression
local oral communication
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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

Eonavian language alternativeName Fala
this entity surface form: A Fala