.
(‘west iberian’ is a branch of the ‘romance languages’ that includes…)
‘castilian’
(‘spanish’ / ‘judaeo-spanish / ladino’)
‘astur-leonese’
(‘asturian’)
‘extremaduran’
‘leonese’
‘mirandese’
‘cantabrian’
(…and the ‘modern descendants’ of ‘galician-portuguese’ (‘galician’ / ‘portuguese’ / the ‘fala language’))
.
(until a few centuries ago, they formed a ‘dialect continuum’ covering the (‘western’ / ‘central’ / ‘southern’) parts of the ‘iberian peninsula’ — excepting the ‘basque’ + ‘catalan’—speaking territories)
.
(this is still the situation in a few ‘regions’, particularly in the northern part of the ‘peninsula’, but due to the differing ‘sociopolitical histories’ of these languages…
*independence of ‘portugal’ since the ‘early 1100s’*
*unification of spain in the late 1400s under the ‘catholic monarchs’
(who privileged ‘castilian’ over the other ‘iberian languages’)
…the ‘spanish language’ + the ‘portuguese language’ have tended to ‘overtake’ (and to a large extent ‘absorb’) their ‘sister languages’ while they kept diverging from each other)
(there is controversy over whether the members of the modern ‘galician-portuguese’ + ‘astur-leonese subgroups’ are ‘languages’ or ‘dialects’)
(a common (though disputed) classification is to state that ‘portuguese’ + ‘galician’ are ‘separate languages’, as are ‘asturian’ / ‘leonese’ / ‘mirandese’)
(‘cantabrian’ + ‘extremaduran’ are considered ‘co-dialects’ of the ‘leonese language’ for ‘UNESCO’, whereas the latter is a ‘castilian dialect’ in the ‘ISO codes’)
(‘papiamento’ is a ‘west iberian creole language’ spoken in the ‘dutch west indies’ and believed to be derived from (’portuguese’ / ‘judaeo-portuguese’ / ‘spanish’ / ‘judaeo-spanish’))
.
.
.
.
👈👈👈☜*“IBERIAN ROMANCE LANGUAGES”* ☞ 👉👉👉
.
.
💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
.
.
*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
.
.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥