Iberian languages

Iberian languages is a generic term for the languages currently or formerly spoken in the Iberian peninsula.

[edit] Historic languages

[edit] Pre-Roman languages

Main articles: Paleohispanic languages and Paleohispanic scripts

Pre-Roman languages of Iberia circa 200 BC[1].

The following languages were spoken in the Iberian peninsula before the Roman occupation.

• Aquitanian
• Celtiberian
• Lusitanian (classification is controversial; could have been Celtic, Pre-Celtic or even related to the Italic group)
• Classical Greek
• Iberian
• Phoenician
• Tartessian

[edit] Medieval languages

The following languages were spoken in the Iberian peninsula in medieval times.

• Arabic
  • Andalusi Arabic
  • Classical Arabic
• Berber languages
• Germanic languages
  • Buri
  • Gothic
  • Suebian
  • Vandalic
• Scythian languages
  • Alanic
• Latin
  • Vulgar Latin
    • Iberian Romance languages
      • Galician-Portuguese
      • Leonese
      • Mozarabic
      • Judeo-Romance languages
        • Judeo-Aragonese
        • Judeo-Catalan
        • Judeo-Portuguese
        • Judeo-Spanish

[edit] Modern languages

The following languages are currently spoken in the Iberian peninsula.

[edit] By linguistic group

Languages of the Iberian peninsula (simplified)

• Basque
  • Batua
  • Biscayan
  • Gipuzkoan
  • Upper Navarrese
  • Lower Navarrese
  • Lapurdian
  • Souletin
• Romance languages
  • Aragonese
  • Aranese (dialect of Gascon Occitan)
  • Astur-Leonese
    • Asturian
    • Leonese
    • Mirandese
    • Extremaduran (codialect with Spanish)
  • Spanish (or Castilian)
    • Spanish dialects and varieties
  • Catalan
    • Eastern Catalan: Northern Catalan, Central Catalan, Balearic
    • Western Catalan: North-Western Catalan, Ribagorçan, Valencian
  • Galician-Portuguese
    • Galician
      • Eonavian
    • Fala
    • Portuguese
      • Portuguese dialects
      • Barranquenho
• Mixed languages
  • Caló or Iberian-Romani, which uses the Romani lexicon and Spanish grammar
  • Llanito
  • Inglés de escalerilla
• English (Gibraltar)
• Sign Languages
  • Spanish Sign Language
  • Catalan Sign Language
  • Valencian Sign Language
  • Portuguese Sign Language

[edit] By country

• Andorra:
  • Catalan (official recognition)
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Portuguese
• Gibraltar:
  • English (official recognition)
  • Spanish
  • Llanito
• Portugal:
  • Portuguese (official recognition)
    • Barranquenho (only spoken in the town of Barrancos, near Portuguese-Spanish border; no official recognition)
  • Portuguese Sign language (official recognition)
  • Mirandese (only spoken in a small eastern area of the Norte region, near Portuguese-Spanish border; official recognition)
• Spain:
  • Spanish (also called Castilian, official recognition)
  • Spanish Sign Language
  • Catalan (called Valencian in the Valencian Community, official recognition)
  • Catalan Sign Language and Valencian Sign Language
  • Basque (official recognition)
  • Galician (official recognition), Eonavian and Fala
  • Occitan (locally called Aranese, official recognition)
  • Asturian, Leonese and Extremaduran
  • Aragonese

[edit] See also

• Languages of Spain
• Languages of Portugal
• Iberian Romance languages
• Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

[edit] External links

• Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)
• Detailed linguistic map of the Iberian Peninsula