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FAX ISO 639-3

Fala

Fala, Nosa Fala Autonym

A language of Spain

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
A Fala de Xálima, A Fala do Xãlima, Galaico-Extremaduran
Autonym
Fala, Nosa Fala
Population
8,600 (2018 census). 3,600 live in the language area (2018 census); 5,000 outside, many of whom return each summer (2016 J. Pearson).
Location:
Extremadura autonomous community: Cáceres province, Sierra de Gata region, As Ellas, San Martín de Trebellu, and Valverdi du Fresnu towns, in Val de Xálima (Val du riu Ellas), an isolated valley on the Portugal border.
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician
Dialects
Valvideiru (Chapurreáu), Mañegu, Lagarteiru. Not easily intelligible with surrounding language varieties. Intelligible to speakers of Galician [glg].
Language Use
Vigorous. All domains except church, and contacts with outsiders. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: Nearly 100%. Literature. Periodicals. Grammar. NT: 2015. Agency: Asociación Cultural a Nosa Fala.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Fala
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Fala speakers do not identify with Galicians and do not want the Fala orthography to be like Galician.

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Location: Extremadura autonomous community: Cáceres province, Sierra de Gata region, As Ellas, San Martín de Trebellu, and Valverdi du Fresnu towns, in Val de Xálima (Val du riu Ellas), an isolated valley on the Portugal border.