Aragonese language

"Aragonés" redirects here. For people with the surname Aragonés, see Aragonés (surname).
Aragonese
aragonés
Pronunciation[aɾaɣoˈnes]
Native toSpain
RegionAragon; northern and central Huesca and northern Zaragoza
EthnicityAragonese
Native speakers
Active speakers: 10,000–12,000 (2017)[1]
Active and passive speakers: 30,000–50,000 (2017)[1]
Early forms
Dialects
Latin (Aragonese alphabet)
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Spain
  • Aragon (Protected language status)
Regulated byAcademia d'a Luenga Aragonesa
Language codes
ISO 639-1an
ISO 639-2arg
ISO 639-3arg
Glottologarag1245
ELPAragonese
Linguasphere51-AAA-d
Map of Aragon with the dialects of northern Aragon in grey, blue, and light orange
Aragonese is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Map of the Occitano-Romance languages: Catalan in red, Occitan in purple and Aragonese in yellow.

Aragonese (/ˌærəɡəˈniːz/ ARR-ə-gə-NEEZ; aragonés [aɾaɣoˈnes] in Aragonese) is a Romance language spoken in several dialects by about 12,000 people as of 2011, in the Pyrenees valleys of Aragon, Spain, primarily in the comarcas of Somontano de Barbastro, Jacetania, Alto Gállego, Sobrarbe, and Ribagorza/Ribagorça.[1][2] It is the only modern language which survived from medieval Navarro-Aragonese in a form distinct from Spanish.

Historically, people referred to the language as fabla ('talk' or 'speech'). Native Aragonese people usually refer to it by the names of its local dialects such as cheso (from Valle de Hecho) or patués (from the Benasque Valley).

  1. ^ a b c Perez, R. (2017-02-21). "El aragonés: la lengua romance que ya solo hablan el 1% de los aragoneses" [Aragonese: the Romance language that already only 1% of Aragonese speak]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ Reyes, Anchel; Gimeno, Chabier; Montañés, Miguel; Sorolla, Natxo; Esgluga, Pep; Martínez, Juan Pablo (2017). L'aragonés y lo catalán en l'actualidat. Analisi d'o Censo de Población y Viviendas de 2011 (in Aragonese). Zaragoza. ISBN 978-84-16723-25-6 – via zaguan.unizar.es.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)