| Ribagorçan | |
|---|---|
| ribagorsano,ribagorzano | |
| Native to | Spain |
| Region | Aragon,Catalonia:
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| Dialects | SeveralCatalan andAragonese transitional dialects, such asBenasquese |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
arg-eas Eastern Aragonese | |
cat-rib Ribagorçan | |
| Glottolog | None |
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Ribagorçan (autonym:ribagorsano orribagorzano)[a] is a number ofRomancedialects spoken in the modern territories of the medievalCounty of Ribagorza, in northernSpain.
The area corresponds to the modern administrative units ofRibagorza/Ribagorça andLa Litera/La Llitera, in theprovince of Huesca,Aragon, andAlta Ribagorça in theprovince of Lleida,Catalonia. Today, depending on provincial and regional perspectives, Ribagorçan may be described inAragon as transitional toCatalan, or inCatalonia as transitional toAragonese. 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 theRomans to theGoths,Navarrese, theFranks,Moors,Castilians andCatalans. As such, the spoken language evolved from a variant ofVulgar Latin and was influenced along the way by its geo-linguistic neighbors—Basque,Gascon (Occitan),Castilian,French, Aragonese and Catalan.
Being predominantly a spoken language, written documents are scarce, but they do exist—most notably, thePastoradas of Benabarre compiled by Ricardo del Arco as well the writings of Tonón de Baldomera and poetry of Cleto Torrodellas; and more recently works by Ana Tena Puy, Carmen Castán and Bienvenido Mascaray Sin.
With the recognition of Aragonese as a language in 2003, intra-regional identities, among them Ribagorçan, have gained strength, and there is renewed interest in preserving, teaching and developing the local dialects commonly referred to asfabla.
In Aragon, the dialect in Ribagorza can be clustered into two main groups: Upper and Lower Ribagorçan defined by anisogloss line running east–west from theTurbón mountain. However locals prefer to demarcate three subdialects:
InCatalonia the Ribagorçan dialect spoken in the county ofAlta Ribagorça, is also clustered. A dialectal variant exemplified by the Ribagorçan speakers ofPont de Suert, is Catalan dominant transitional toAragonese with some traits of Aranese Gascon.
Some features include:
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