Western Asturian | |
Iso2: | ast |
Iso3: | ast |
Glotto: | west2339 |
Map: | Dominiu asturlleonés occidental.png |
Mapcaption: | Area speaking Western-Asturian |
Familycolor: | Indo-European |
Script: | Latin alphabet |
Fam2: | Italic |
Fam3: | Latino-Faliscan |
Fam4: | Latin |
Fam5: | Romance |
Fam6: | Italo-Western |
Fam7: | Western Romance |
Fam8: | Iberian Romance |
Fam9: | West Iberian |
Fam10: | Asturleonese |
Fam11: | Asturian |
Ethnicity: | Asturians |
Region: | Spain (Asturias) Portugal (Northeastern) |
Western Asturian (; Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese: asturianu occidental in Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese pronounced as /astuˈɾjanʊ/),[1]
According to the consonantism, Diego Catalán[1] divides Western Asturias into four regions:
It includes the councils of Muros, Candamo, Grado, Cudillero and Pravia. Common vocalism of the West and consonantism typical of the central zone:
At the morphological level, in some places (Pravia) there are cases of feminine nouns adjectived in /-u/, which indicates the extension to the West of the continuous/discontinuous opposition: La tierra tá ricudíu.[2] Within this region is located the Cudillero speech called pixueto.
It comprises Quirós, Teberga, Proaza and penetrates the Leonese lands of Babia and north of Luna.
This region establishes the limit of the ya/yas 'is, you are'; specifically in Teverga, being already unknown in Quirós (except in the parishes of Bermiego, Ricao and Faeo).[3] The speech of Quirós or quirosano presents its own and original features that give it a certain personality within the region.
It includes the low valleys of Cangas del Narcea, Tineo and Luarca.
It includes Somiedo, brañas of Cangas del Narcea, Degaña and enters the Leonese lands of Laciana and Ribas de Sil.Vocalism and consonantism that coincides with region C, not being in the result /ch/ from /ly, k'l/ in mucher, navacha, and from /-cl-, -pl-, and -fl -/: achalga, as occurs in region B. Within this region is the speech Trabáu in Degaña and the parishes of El Bau and the Estierna both in Ibias called tixileiru. The classification criteria for Western Astur-Leonese are presented in the following table.
Normative | Eastern Lowlands | Eastern Highlands | Western Lowlands | Western Highlands | Bercian | Cabreiran Leonese[es] | Senabrian Leonese[es] | Mirandese |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llouréu | ḷḷouréu | ḷḷouréu | ḷḷouréu | llouréu | llouréiru | llouréiru | lhouro |
| ayalga | achalga | ayalga | achalga | ayalga | allalga | ||
| llover | ḷḷover | ḷḷover/chover | ḷḷover/chover | chuvere | chuvere | chuvere | chober |
| lleiche | ḷḷeitse | ḷḷeite | ḷḷeite | lleite | lleiti | lleiti | lheite |
| nueche | nuetse | nueite | nueite | ñueiti | ñuoiti | nuite | |
| muchu | mutsu | muitu | muitu | muitu | mueitu | muitu | muito |
| cabaña | cabana | cabana | cabana | cabana | cabaña | cabaña | cabanha |
| güeyu | güechu | güeyu | güechu | güeyu | guollu | guolho | |
| muyer | mucher | muyer | mucher | muyere | mullere | mulher | |