Languages of the Iberian Peninsula
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There have been many languages spoken in the Iberian Peninsula.
Historic languages
= Pre-Roman languages =
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The following languages were spoken in the Iberian Peninsula before the Roman occupation and the spread of the Latin language.
- Aquitanian (probably closely related to or the same as Proto-Basque)
- Proto-Basque
- Iberian
- Tartessian
- Indo-European languages
- Celtic languages
- Celtiberian
- Gallaecian
- Lusitanian (disputed: either Italic, Celtic, Para-Celtic or other Indo-European)
- Sorothaptic
- Hellenic
- Ancient Greek
- Afro-Asiatic languages
- Semitic languages
- Phoenician
- Punic
= Medieval languages =
The following languages were spoken in the Iberian Peninsula in medieval times, following the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
- Medieval Basque
- Indo-European languages
- Germanic languages
- Buri
- Gothic
- Suebian
- Vandalic
- Italic languages
- Latin
- Astur-Leonese
- Galician-Portuguese (Old Galician)
- Old Provençal (Old Occitan)
- Old Castilian (Old Spanish)
- Mozarabic
- Navarro-Aragonese
- Celtic languages
- Brittonic
- Indo-Iranian languages
- Scythian
- Alanic
- Romani
- Afro-Asiatic languages
- Berber languages
- Semitic languages
- Arabic languages
- Classical Arabic
- Andalusian Arabic
- Jewish languages
- Medieval Hebrew (based on Biblical Hebrew)
- Sephardi Hebrew
- Judaeo-Romance languages (also classified as Italic/Latin languages)
- Judaeo-Aragonese
- Judaeo-Catalan
- Judaeo-Portuguese
- Judaeo-Spanish
Modern languages
The following indigenous languages are currently spoken in the Iberian Peninsula.
=By linguistic group=
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- Basque (isolate)
- Batua
- Biscayan
- Gipuzkoan
- Upper Navarrese
- Lower Navarrese
- Lapurdian
- Souletin
- Indo-European languages
- Italic languages
- Romance languages
- Aragonese
- Astur-Leonese
- Asturian
- Cantabrian (co-dialect with Spanish)
- Leonese
- Mirandese
- Extremaduran (co-dialect with Spanish)
- Catalan
- Eastern Catalan
- Northern Catalan
- Central Catalan
- Western Catalan
- North-Western Catalan
- Valencian
- Ribagorçan (co-dialect with Aragonese)
- Benasquese (co-dialect with Aragonese and Gascon Occitan)
- French
- Galician-Portuguese
- Galician
- Eonavian
- Fala
- Portuguese
- Portuguese dialects
- Spanish (or Castilian)
- Spanish dialects and varieties
- Germanic languages
- Anglic
- English (Gibraltar)
- Mixed languages
- Caló (Ibero-Romance Romani)
- Spanish Caló
- Catalan Caló
- Portuguese Calão
- Erromintxela (Basque Romani)
- Barranquenho
- Llanito
- Sign languages
- Spanish Sign Language
- Catalan/Valencian Sign Language
- Portuguese Sign Language
- French Sign Language
=By country=
- {{flagicon|Andorra}} Andorra:
- Catalan (official recognition)
- Spanish
- French
- {{flagicon|France}} France (Pyrénées-Orientales):
- French (official recognition)
- French Sign Language (official recognition)
- Catalan (official recognition)
- Occitan (not in the Iberian Peninsula, official recognition)
- {{flagicon|Gibraltar}}{{flagicon|GBR}} Gibraltar (UK dependency):
- English (official recognition)
- British Sign Language[http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=22992 Launch of British Sign Language in Gibraltar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429195707/http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=22992 |date=2012-04-29 }}.
- Spanish
- Llanito
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal:
- Portuguese (official recognition)
- Portuguese Sign Language (official recognition)
- Mirandese (only spoken in a small eastern area of the Norte region, near Portuguese-Spanish border; official recognition)
- Barranquenho (spoken in the town of Barrancos, near Portuguese–Spanish border; recognized and protected)
- Minderico (only spoken in the town of Minde)
- {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain:
- Spanish (also called Castilian, official recognition)
- Spanish Sign Language (official recognition)
- Catalan (official recognition; called Valencian in the Valencian Community).
- Catalan Sign Language (official recognition)
- Valencian Sign Language (official recognition)
- Galician (official recognition) and Fala
- Eonavian (also called Galician-asturian, official recognition) [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1998/04/30/pdfs/A14573-14576.pdf Act 1/1998, March 23 of Principality of Asturias)]
- Basque (official recognition)
- Aragonese (official recognition)
- Asturian (also called Bable, official recognition)
- Cantabrian
- Leonese (official recognition)
- Extremaduran
- Occitan (not in the Iberian Peninsula, locally called Aranese, official recognition)Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, article 6th and [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2010/11/18/pdfs/BOE-A-2010-17710.pdf Act 35/2010, October 1st of Parliament of Catalonia]
- Moroccan Arabic (not in the Iberian Peninsula)
- Riffian Berber (not in the Iberian Peninsula)
==Usage of co-official languages in Spain==
See also
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040611215344/http://www.arqueotavira.com/Mapas/Iberia/Populi.htm Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)]
- [http://www.proel.org/lenguas2.html Detailed linguistic map of the Iberian Peninsula]
- [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Swadesh_lists_for_Iberian_languages Swadesh lists of Iberian languages basic words] (from Wiktionary's [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Swadesh_lists Swadesh list appendix])
References
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