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Astur-Leonese languages
Astur-Leonese is a group of mutually intelligible Romance dialects of the West Iberian branch, including:
- Asturian, asturianu or bable, encompassing the vernaculars spoken in the Spanish province of Asturias, except the westernmost ones, which are more often considered dialects of Galician (see Eonavian below). This is the area with most speakers left.
- Leonese, llionés, encompassing the vernaculars spoken in northern and western parts of the province of León, and a few western areas in the provinces of Zamora and Salamanca, in Spain. The distinction between Asturian and Leonese cannot be made in purely linguistic terms. Leonese was spoken in the past in a much larger area; however, it is now approaching extinction.
- The now-extinct dialects of the neighbour parishes of Rio de Onor and Guadramil, in the northern border of the District of Bragança, in Portugal;
- Mirandese, mirandés, in villages around the border town of Miranda do Douro, in the eastern border of the District of Bragança, in Portugal.
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