Central Leonese

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Central Leonese is the main regional variety of the Leonese language spoken around the city of León and its surrounding areas in northwestern Spain.

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Central Leonese canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf regional dialect
variety of the Leonese language
closelyRelatedTo Asturian language NERFINISHED
Eastern Leonese NERFINISHED
Western Leonese NERFINISHED
coexistsWith Spanish language in León
country Spain
developedFrom Latin spoken in the Kingdom of León
endangerment endangered
hasLexicalFeature conservation of some medieval Leonese vocabulary
hasMorphologicalFeature use of definite articles derived from Latin ILLUM / ILLAM
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between /b/ and /v/ reduced compared to Latin
hasRole main regional variety of Leonese
historicalOrigin Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED
influencedBy Spanish language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Astur-Leonese NERFINISHED
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
partOf Leonese language NERFINISHED
region Castile and León NERFINISHED
relativePositionWithinLanguage central GENERATED
spokenIn city of León NERFINISHED
northwestern Spain NERFINISHED
province of León NERFINISHED
status minority variety
subdivisionOf Leonese language NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature SVO word order
grammatical gender
verb conjugation by person and number
usedBy Leonese-speaking community around León
usedIn local oral tradition around León
local toponymy around León
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Leonese hasDialects Central Leonese