Mirandese | Ethnologue

A language of Portugal

ISO 639: mwl
Alternate Names: Mirandês
Autonym: Mirandés
Population: 15,000 (2000). 10,000 use it regularly, 5,000 when they return to the area. 2,000 Sendinese in Sendim Vila.
Location:: Bragança district: Miranda do Douro and Vimioso municipalities, Miranda city; Spain border.
Language Status: 2 (Provincial). Statutory language of provincial identity in 4 municipalities, northeast Portugal (1999, Law No. 7-99 of 29 January).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Asturo-Leonese
Dialects: Mirandese Central (Miranadese Normal), Mirandés Setentrional (Mirandés Raiano), Mirandés Meridional (Mirandés Sendinês, Sendinês).
Language Use: Officially recognized since 1999, has gained some presence in education, media and public life since then (2007). Children 6 to 16 required to study it in school; voluntary for ages 16 to 19. All also use Portuguese [por], as the language of education, government, business, and upward mobility.
Language Development: Bible portions: 2011.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mirandese
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Have different dress style from their neighbors (black, handwoven cloth).

Location: Bragança district: Miranda do Douro and Vimioso municipalities, Miranda city; Spain border.