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Extremaduran

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Also known as Extremaduran language, Extremeño

Romance language spoken in Spain

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Extremaduran is a Romance language spoken in the Extremadura region of Spain. It matters as part of Spain's linguistic diversity, representing a distinct language variety within the broader family of Romance languages used across the Iberian Peninsula.

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Encyclopedic overview

An Extremaduran speaker, recorded in the Netherlands.

Extremaduran (Extremaduran: estremeñu [ehtːɾeˈmeɲʊ], Spanish: extremeño) is a Western Romance language with some traits in common with Asturleonese language, spoken primarily in northwestern Extremadura and adjacent villages in the province of Salamanca. Its northern varieties are generally considered a distinct language, while central and southern varieties are regarded as transitional dialects toward standard Spanish.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Extremaduran” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.