Leonese is a Western Ibero-Romance language spoken in northwestern Spain and northeastern Portuguese by about 25,000 people. In Spain it is spoken in the provinces of León, Zamora and Salamanca, which correspond the the northern and western parts of the historical region of León. In Portugual it is spoken in the parishes of Aveleda e Rio de Onor (Ruidenore) and São Julião de Palácios e Deilão (San Xulian de Palácius i Deilon) in Bragança District
Native names for Leonese include Llionés, Ḷḷionés and Lionés. Leonese has no offical status but has some protection in the autonomous commuity of Castile and León. It is classified as part of the Asturleonese linguistic group, along with Asturian, is part of a dialect continuum with Asturian and Mirandese, and is closely related to Galician. Asturian and Leonese have been considered varities of one language, known as Astur-Leonese, Asturian-Leonese or Asutrian, for a long time.
Varieties of Leonese spoken in Portugual are known collectively as Riunorese Leonese, Riunorese or Lhionês Riunorês. They have their own orthography based on Portuguese spelling which differs somewhat from the orthographies used in Spain. For example, the sound represented by ch in Spain [ʧ] is written tch in Portugal, and x [ʃ] is written ch.
Leonese was used as the literary and administrative language of the Kingdom of León during the 12th and 13th centuries. After that, it was gradually replaced by Castiian as a written language. Literature in Leonese began to appear again in the 20th century.
Tódolos seres humanos nacen ḷḷibres ya iguales en dignidá ya dreitos ya, dotaos cumo tán de razón ya conciencia, han portase fraternalmente los unos conos outros
Tódolos seres humanos ñacen llibres y iguales en dignidá y dreitos y, dotaos cumo están de razón y concéncia, han portase fraternalmente los unos pa coños outros
Todos os seres humanos ñacen llibres y eiguales en dignidá y dereitos y, dotaos cumo están de razón y conciencia, han portase fraternalmente os unos conos outros.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about the Leonese Language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonese_language
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonés_(asturleonés_de_León_y_Zamora)
https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lleonés_(llingüística)
https://academia-lab.com/enciclopedia/idioma-leones/
https://www.everyalphabet.com/leonese
https://lengua.laguia2000.com/general/el-dialecto-leones
https://www.pallabreirulliones.com/traductor/
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Page created: 24.08.26. Last modified: 24.08.26
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