Benasquese dialect explained

Benasquese
Nativename:benasqués, patués
States:Aragon, Spain
Region:Ribagorza, Campo, Estadilla, Graus
Speakers:1,000–2,000
Date:no date
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Italic
Fam3:Latino-Faliscan
Fam4:Latinic
Fam5:Romance
Fam6:Italo-Western
Fam7:Western
Fam8:(unclassified)
Fam9:PyreneanMozarabic?
Fam10:Navarro-Aragonese
Fam11:Aragonese
Fam12:Eastern
Fam13:Aragonese Ribagorçon
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:none
Minority:Spain
Map:Mapa situazión benasqués.svg

Benasquese (autonym: benasqués), often called patués by its speakers, is the native Romance linguistic variety of the Valley of Benasque, in the province of Huesca (Aragon, Spain).

Usually regarded as an Aragonese dialect (a particular variety of Ribagorçan, transitional into Catalan, Gascon and Aragonese), it has also been considered an extreme North-Western Catalan dialect in the past by a few linguists, and more recently, a language in its own right. Benasquese itself is often divided into two subdialects, Upper Benasquese and Lower Benasquese.

Although still vigorously spoken (when compared to other Aragonese varieties) by some 1,000 to 2,000 speakers, Benasquese is also in fast decline.

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