A Fala de Xálima

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A Fala de Xálima is a Romance language variety spoken in a few villages of Spain’s Xálima Valley, notable for its close similarity to Galician-Portuguese and its unique local identity.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
A Fala de Xálima canonical 5
Fala de Xálima 3
A Fala de Xálima-Val du Xálima 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ibero-Romance language
Romance language variety
minority language
regional language
alternativeName A Fala
linked to: Fala

A Fala de Xálima-Val du Xálima
linked to: A Fala de Xálima

Fala de Xálima
linked to: A Fala de Xálima

Xalimego
linked to: Xalimegu
closeTo Galician
linked to: Galician language

Galician-Portuguese
Portuguese
country Spain
developedFrom medieval Galician-Portuguese continuum
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasDialect Lagarteiru
Mañegu
Valverdeiru
hasFeature contact with Spanish
oral tradition
similar lexicon to Galician-Portuguese
similar phonology to Galician-Portuguese
strong community attachment
unique local identity
hasMorphology Romance-type inflection
hasStatus unstandardized language variety
hasSyntax SVO basic word order
influencedBy Spanish
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Romance languages
recognizedAs cultural heritage by local authorities
region Sierra de Gata
sharesOriginWith Galician
Portuguese
spokenBy several thousand speakers
spokenIn Extremadura
Spain
Xálima Valley
linked to: Jálama Valley
spokenInVillage Eljas
San Martín de Trevejo
Valverde del Fresno
subfamily Ibero-Romance languages
Western Romance languages
usedBy inhabitants of Eljas
inhabitants of San Martín de Trevejo
inhabitants of Valverde del Fresno
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (10)

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

Fala language hasAlternativeName A Fala de Xálima
Fala language hasAlternativeName Fala de Xálima
linked to: A Fala de Xálima
Valle de Jálama hasLocalName Val du Xálima
linked to: A Fala de Xálima
Val de Xálima hasLocalLanguage A Fala de Xálima
Eljas hasLocalLanguage A Fala de Xálima
Fala hasAlternativeName A Fala de Xálima
A Fala de Xálima alternativeName A Fala de Xálima-Val du Xálima
linked to: A Fala de Xálima
A Fala de Xálima alternativeName Fala de Xálima
linked to: A Fala de Xálima
A Fala de Jálama alsoKnownAs Fala de Xálima
linked to: A Fala de Xálima
A Fala de Jálama hasAlternativeName A Fala de Xálima