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Languages of Iberia

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Languages of Iberia

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

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Pre-Roman languages

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

  • 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
  • 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)
  • Basque (official recognition)
  • Aragonese (official recognition)
  • Occitan (locally called Aranese, official recognition)
  • Asturian (also called Bable, official recognition)
  • Cantabrian
  • Leonese (official recognition)
  • Extremaduran
  • References

    Languages of Iberia Wikipedia