Old Leonese language

Old Leonese
RegionKingdom of León
EthnicityAsturians
Leonese
EraEvolved into Asturian, Leonese, Mirandese, and possibly Cantabrian and Extremaduran by 1500.
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
The extent of the language around the 13th to 14th centuries
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Old Leonese or Medieval Leonese (Spanish: leonés medieval) was a West Iberian dialect of Vulgar Latin spoken in several regions of the Kingdom of León and the medieval Principality of Asturias. It was the ancestor of several languages, all forming the Asturleonese language family. Old Leonese was spoken until around the year 1500, and was attested starting from the 10th century with the Nodicia de kesos.

Old Leonese and Asturleonese are highlighted in green.