Eastern Leonese

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Eastern Leonese is a regional variety of the Leonese language spoken in the eastern part of the historical León area in northwestern Spain.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Leonese canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance lect
regional language variety
associatedWith Leonese cultural identity
closelyRelatedTo Asturian
linked to: Asturian language

Central Leonese
Mirandese
linked to: Mirandese language

Western Leonese
consideredBySomeAs dialect of Leonese
part of a broader Astur-Leonese language
differsFrom Standard Spanish
linked to: Modern Spanish
geographicallyBorders Asturian-speaking areas to the north
Castilian Spanish varieties to the east
hasAlternativeName Leonés oriental
variedad oriental del leonés
hasAncestor Latin
Vulgar Latin
hasDomain informal contexts
rural communities
hasMorphologicalFeature Astur-Leonese verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature traits typical of Astur-Leonese
hasStatus endangered
seriously threatened
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
historicallyDevelopedIn Kingdom of León region
linked to: Castile and León
influencedBy Spanish
isMinorityLanguageIn Spain
languageFamily Astur-Leonese languages
linked to: Astur-Leonese group

Ibero-Romance languages
Indo-European languages
Romance languages
Western Romance languages
partOf Leonese language
linked to: Leonese
sharesDialectContinuumWith Astur-Leonese dialects
linked to: Astur-Leonese group
spokenBy small number of speakers
spokenIn Castile and León
Province of León
Spain
eastern part of the historical León region
northwestern Spain
linked to: northwest Spain
subdivisionOf Leonese language
linked to: Leonese
subjectOf dialectological research on Leonese
regional linguistic studies
threatenedBy language shift to Spanish
usedIn folklore
local oral communication
popular poetry
traditional culture

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Leonese hasDialects Eastern Leonese
Central Leonese closelyRelatedTo Eastern Leonese