Cedillo

Cedillo (Portuguese: Cedilho) is a town and municipality in the Spanish province of Cáceres, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The municipality has a population of 434 (register office, 2024) .

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Cedillo
municipality

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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Extremadura
Province	Cáceres
Municipality	Cedillo
Area
• Total	61 km² (24 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population (2018)^[1]
• Total	449
• Density	7.4/km² (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

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The town is close to the border with Portugal. Although the official language is Spanish, the traditional local dialect is a variety of Portuguese, Cedilheiro. The Portuguese spoken in Cedillo is not standard Portuguese but is instead derived from an archaic Portuguese dialect which arrived in the 18th century. It is similar to the Alentejan dialect of Portuguese spoken in the neighbouring area of Portugal.

Portuguese is spoken in Cedillo because most of the first inhabitants were Portuguese colonists who arrived in the 18th century. In addition, in Cedillo, speaking Spanish was considered an act of pedantry and a symbol of social and economic status. The children who could attend school spoke Spanish because they learned it in school, but they still spoke Portuguese in their homes.

In the modern day, older people mostly speak Portuguese, while young people speak Spanish but understand both languages. Cedilheiro is in danger of becoming extinct under pressure from Spanish.

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