Mirandese
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Mirandese is a Romance language spoken by a small number of people in northeastern Portugal, and it belongs to the same linguistic family as Asturian and Leonese. It matters because it represents a distinct linguistic heritage and cultural identity for the community that speaks it, though it remains vulnerable due to its limited number of speakers.
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Central Mirandese reading of the poem "Lhiçon de Giografie" (transl. "Geography Lesson"), written originally in the Sendinese dialect ("Liçon de Giografie"). A sticker located in New York City showing the Mirandese text Un mirandés stubo eiqui (transl. A Mirandese (person) was here). An unofficial flag for the Mirandese people is displayed behind the text. Mirandese (mirandés [miɾãˈdes̺, -ɾãŋ-]) is an almost extinct language or variety that is sparsely spoken in a small area of northeastern Portugal in eastern Tierra de Miranda, an ethnocultural region comprising the area around the municipalities of Miranda de l Douro, Mogadouro and Bumioso. It is extinct in Mogadouro and present in Bumioso only in some eastern villages, like Angueira. The Assembly of the Republic granted Mirandese official recognition alongside Portuguese for local matters with Law 7/99 of 29 January 1999. In 2001, Mirandese was officially recognised by the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, which aims to promote the survival of the least-spoken European languages.
Mirandese has a distinct phonology, morphology and syntax. It has its roots in the local Vulgar Latin spoken in the northern Iberian Peninsula.