Ribagorçan dialect
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Ribagorçan (autonym: ribagorsano or ribagorzano)[lower-alpha 1] is a number of Romance dialects spoken in the modern territories of the medieval County of Ribagorza, in northern Spain.
Ribagorçan | |
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ribagorsano, ribagorzano | |
Native to | Spain |
Region | Aragon, Catalonia:
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Dialects | Several Catalan and Aragonese transitional dialects, such as Benasquese |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
arg-eas Aragonese Ribagorçan | |
cat-rib Catalan Ribagorçan | |
Glottolog | None |
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The area corresponds to the modern administrative units of Ribagorza/Ribagorça and La Litera/La Llitera, in the province of Huesca, Aragon, and Alta Ribagorça in the province of Lleida, Catalonia. Today, depending on provincial and regional perspectives, Ribagorçan may be described in Aragon as transitional to Catalan, or in Catalonia as transitional to Aragonese. Eastern dialects in the area tend to be classified as Catalan, and western dialects as Aragonese, with a small central area of more difficult classification.
Historically, the county and its dialect was influenced by its political alliances, conquerors and rulers—ranging from the Romans to the Goths, Navarrese, the Franks, Moors, Castilians and Catalans. As such, the spoken language evolved from a variant of Vulgar Latin and was influenced along the way by its geo-linguistic neighbors—Basque, Gascon (Occitan), Castilian, French, Aragonese and Catalan.