mirandés

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mirandés is a Romance language spoken in northeastern Portugal, recognized as a co-official regional language and closely related to Astur-Leonese.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
mirandés canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language
minority language
regional language
closelyRelatedTo Asturian
linked to: Asturian language

Leonese
country Portugal
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottocode mira1251
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers between 5,000 and 15,000
hasBibleTranslation partial translations
hasCulturalRole marker of local identity in Terra de Miranda
hasDialect Mirandês central
linked to: Mirandese language

Riodonorês
Sendinês
hasLiteraryTradition modern written literature since the late 19th century
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct masculine and feminine genders
verb conjugations similar to Asturian and Leonese
hasNativeName lhéngua mirandesa
mirandés
hasOrthographyStandardizedInYear 1999
hasPhonologicalFeature nasal vowels
preservation of Latin initial f-
hasStandardizationBody Anstituto de la Lhéngua Mirandesa
ISO639-3Code mwl
isTaughtAs optional subject in some Portuguese schools
languageBranch Western Romance languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Romance languages
languageGroup Ibero-Romance languages
legalStatusGrantedBy Portuguese Law No. 7/99
legalStatusGrantedInYear 1999
officialStatus co-official regional language in Portugal
partOf Astur-Leonese language continuum
linked to: Asturian language
recognizedBy Portuguese Republic
linked to: Portugal
region Trás-os-Montes
regulatedBy Anstituto de la Lhéngua Mirandesa
spokenIn Terra de Miranda
municipality of Miranda do Douro
municipality of Mogadouro
municipality of Vimioso
northeastern Portugal
subclassOf Astur-Leonese language
linked to: Asturian language
usedFor education in some schools in northeastern Portugal
local administration in Terra de Miranda
local media
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Mirandese language nativeName mirandés