Extremaduran | Ethnologue

A language of Spain

ISO 639: ext
Alternate Names: Barranquian, Cahtúo, Cahtúö, Extremeño
Autonym: Barranquênhu, Ehtremeñu
Population: 200,000 in Spain. 500,000 able to use it, including some monolinguals (1994 T. Erickson). Most use northern dialect. Ethnic population: 1,100,000 (1994). Total users in all countries: 201,500.
Location:: Castille and Leon autonomous community: southwest Salamanca province; Extremadura autonomous community: northwest Caceres province.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian
Dialects: Northern Extremaduran (Artu Ehtremeñu), Central Extremaduran (Meyu Ehtremeñu), Southern Extremaduran (Bahu Ehtremeñu). Related to the eastern dialect of Asturian [ast].
Typology: SVO.
Language Use: All domains. Adults only. Shifting to Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 90%. Dictionary. Texts.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Extremaduran
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: 2 orthographies, one Castilian-like, developed early 20th century by the famous poet José María Gabriel y Galán; the other more recent and more phonetic.