Alentejan Portuguese Explained

Alentejan Portuguese
States:Portugal, Spain
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Italic
Fam3:Latino-Faliscan
Fam4:Latin
Fam5:Romance
Fam6:Italo-Western
Fam7:Western Romance
Fam8:Gallo-Iberian
Fam9:Iberian Romance
Fam10:West Iberian
Fam11:Galician–Portuguese
Fam12:Portuguese
Dia1:Oliventine
Isoexception:dialect
Map:Alentejan dialect map.png
Mapcaption:Distribution of Alentejan and Alto-Alentejan dialects

Alentejan Portuguese is a dialect of Portuguese spoken in the Portuguese region of Alentejo. It is also spoken, with its own subdialect, in the disputed municipalities of Olivença and Táliga. In this area, the language is currently endangered.

Characteristics

Present situation in Olivença and Táliga

The 2005 report of the Council of Europe's expert group on the implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in Spain asked the Spanish government to furnish information about the situation of Oliventine Portuguese, and for measures for the protection and promotion of that language under the provisions of Article 7 of the charter.[1] However, in the report submitted by Spain in 2006, there are no references to Oliventine Portuguese.

In the 2008 report issued by the Council of Europe, the following paragraphs were listed:[2]

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. European Charter for Regional of Minority Languages: Application of the Charter in Spain . 21 September 2005 . Council of Europe . Strasbourg . 13 . en . ECRML (2005) 4.
  2. European Charter for Regional of Minority Languages: Application of the Charter in Spain . 11 December 2008 . Council of Europe . 9 . en . ECRML (2008) 5 . Strasbourg.