Languages of Iberia

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

## Contents

* 1 Historic languages
* 1.1 Pre-Roman languages
* 1.2 Medieval languages
* 2 Modern languages
* 2.1 By linguistic group
* 2.2 By country
* 2.2.1 Usage of co-official languages in Spain
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 References

## Historic languages

### Pre-Roman languages

Main articles: Social:Paleohispanic languages and Social:Paleohispanic scripts

Pre-Roman languages of Iberia circa 300 BC

The following languages were spoken in the Iberian Peninsula before the Roman occupation and the spread of the Latin language.

* Aquitanian (probably closely related to or the same as Proto-Basque)
* Proto-Basque
* Iberian
* Tartessian
* Indo-European languages
* Celtic languages
* Celtiberian
* Gallaecian
* Lusitanian (disputed: either Italic, Celtic, Para-Celtic or other Indo-European)
* Sorothaptic
* Hellenic
* Ancient Greek
* Afro-Asiatic languages
* Semitic languages
* Phoenician
* Punic

### Medieval languages

The following languages were spoken in the Iberian Peninsula in medieval times, following the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

* Medieval Basque
* Indo-European languages
* Germanic languages
* Buri
* Gothic
* Suebian
* Vandalic
* Italic languages
* Latin
* Astur-Leonese
* Galician-Portuguese (Old Portuguese)
* Old Provençal (Old Occitan)
* Old Castilian (Old Spanish)
* Mozarabic
* Navarro-Aragonese
* Celtic languages
* Brittonic
* Old briton
* Indo-Iranian languages
* Scythian
* Alanic
* Romani
* Afro-Asiatic languages
* Berber languages
* Semitic languages
* Arabic languages
* Classical Arabic
* Andalusian Arabic
* Jewish languages
* Medieval Hebrew (based on Biblical Hebrew)
* Sephardi Hebrew
* Judaeo-Romance languages (also classified as Italic/Latin languages)
* Judaeo-Aragonese
* Judaeo-Catalan
* Judaeo-Portuguese
* Judaeo-Spanish

## Modern languages

The following indigenous languages are currently spoken in the Iberian Peninsula.

### By linguistic group

Languages of the Iberian Peninsula (simplified).

* Basque (isolate)
* Batua
* Biscayan
* Gipuzkoan
* Upper Navarrese
* Lower Navarrese
* Lapurdian
* Souletin
* Indo-European languages
* Italic languages
* Romance languages
* Aragonese
* Aranese (dialect of Gascon Occitan)
* Astur-Leonese
* Asturian
* Cantabrian (co-dialect with Spanish)
* Leonese
* Mirandese
* Extremaduran (co-dialect with Spanish)
* Catalan
* Eastern Catalan
* Northern Catalan
* Central Catalan
* Balearic
* Western Catalan
* North-Western Catalan
* Valencian
* Ribagorçan (co-dialect with Aragonese)
* Benasquese (co-dialect with Aragonese and Gascon Occitan)
* Portugalician
* Galician
* Eonavian
* Fala
* Portuguese
* Portuguese dialects
* Spanish (or Castilian)
* Spanish dialects and varieties
* Germanic languages
* Anglic
* English (Gibraltar)
* Mixed languages
* Caló (Ibero-Romance Romani)
* Spanish Caló
* Catalan Caló
* Portuguese Calão
* Erromintxela (Basque Romani)
* Barranquenho
* Llanito
* Sign languages
* Spanish Sign Language
* Catalan/Valencian Sign Language
* Portuguese Sign Language

### By country

* Andorra:
* Catalan (official recognition)
* Spanish
* French
* Portuguese
* Gibraltar (UK dependency):
* English (official recognition)
* British Sign Language[1]
* Spanish
* Llanito
* Portugal:
* Portuguese (official recognition)
* Barranquenho (spoken in the town of Barrancos, near Portuguese–Spanish border)
* 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 (official recognition)
* Catalan (called Valencian in the Valencian Community, official recognition)
* Catalan/Valencian Sign Language (official recognition)
* Galician (official recognition) and Fala
* Eonavian (also called Galician-asturian, official recognition) [2]
* Basque (official recognition)
* Aragonese (official recognition)
* Occitan (locally called Aranese, official recognition)[3]
* Asturian (also called Bable, official recognition)
* Cantabrian
* Leonese (official recognition)
* Extremaduran

#### Usage of co-official languages in Spain

Map of co-official languages in Spain Speakers of official languages in the Spanish autonomous communities
(as a % of each region's population)  Autonomous community  | Co-official languages  | Co-official language speakers

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Balearic Islands (2011)[4] | Catalan | 71.5%
Basque Country (2011)[5] | Basque | 32.0%
Catalonia (2011)[4] | Catalan | 80.9%
Galicia (2007)[6] | Galician  | 89.3%
Navarre (2011)[5] | Basque | 11.7%
Valencian Community (2011)[4] | Valencian (Catalan)  | 58.4%
Asturias[7] | Asturian language  | 42.0%

## See also

* Languages of Andorra
* Languages of Spain
* Languages of Portugal
* Languages of Gibraltar
* Iberian Romance languages
* Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

## External links

* Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)
* Detailed linguistic map of the Iberian Peninsula
* Swadesh lists of Iberian languages basic words (from Wiktionary's Swadesh list appendix)

## References

1. ↑ Launch of British Sign Language in Gibraltar .
2. ↑ Act 1/1998, March 23 of Principality of Asturias)
3. ↑ Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, article 6th and Act 35/2010, October 1st of Parliament of Catalonia
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Informe sobre la situació de la llengua catalana". Observatori de la llengua catalana. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130123162105/http://www.demolinguistica.cat/arxiu/web/informe/informe2011.pdf. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "V. Inkesta Soziolinguistikoa". Hizkuntza Politikarako Sailburuordetza. http://www.eke.org/eu/kultura/euskara/soziolinguistika/inkesta-soziolinguistikoa-2011/2011ko-inkesta-soziolinguistikoa. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
6. ↑ "Situación da lingua galega na sociedade. Observación no ámbito da cidadanía 2007". Observatorio da Lingua Galega/Xunta de Galicia. http://www.observatoriodalinguagalega.org/files/OLG_informe_cidadania.pdf. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
7. ↑ "Sociollingüística". Espaciu y Tiempu de la llingua asturiana. http://www.asturies.com/espaciuytiempu/sociollinguistica. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

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