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ALSO KNOWN AS		Aragoieraz, Altoaragonés, Aragonés, Fabla Aragonesa, Patués, High Aragonese
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Western Romance
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		arg
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Western Aragonese Southern Aragonese Central Aragonese Eastern Aragonese
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		"Eastern Aragonese" is sometimes used by some groups to refer to the variety of Catalan spoken in Eastern Aragon, though Catalan is a different language from Aragonese. Both languages are native languages in Aragon.

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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2005) RoutledgeCurzon

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Many thousands with some knowledge of the language. Studied as a second language.

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

There are many thousands with some knowledge of the language. It is also studied as a second language.
Few children learn the language.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Mainly spoken in the high valleys of the Pyrenees such as the Aragon River, Sobrarbe, Ribogorza, northern Huesca, the towns of Graus and Samianigo.

PLACES: Spain, Aragon, Navarra

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mainly spoken in the high valleys of the Pyrenees such as the Aragon River, Sobrarbe, Ribogorza, northern Huesca, the towns of Graus and Samianigo.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide

11,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,000,000

DATE OF INFO: 1994

PLACES: Spain;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,000
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
30,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"According to the last linguistic census, there are close to 10,000 people who currently use Aragonese in a familial environment and for informal communication and 30,000 who could be considered passive speakers of the language; this amounts to approximately 34% of the existing population of Aragón speaking or understanding Aragonese."

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: "Aragonese is also commonly perceived as an incomplete means of expression."
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: no
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: no
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "However, despite lack of institutional support, Aragonese society has relentlessly organized itself into cultural associations and they themselves have for the last thirty five years carried the whole weight of the scientific and economic research, the teaching, promotion, awareness and spread of Aragonese."
Scripts (Writing system): Latin
More on Orthography: "In 2010 the controversial new standard orthographical norms were published much to the displeasure of certain sectors of the Aragonese speaking society. Since then, mostly due to political disagreements in Aragon, the whole process has stalled and no new initiatives have been allowed to prosper."

PLACES: Spain

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: northern Pyrenean valleys

		2014	L'Aragonés, an endangered minority language: the case of Ayerbe				Birmingham	University of Birmingham		Bercero Otal, María Rosa				10,000		10000-99999	"According to the last linguistic census, there are close to 10,000 people who currently use Aragonese in a familial environment and for informal communication and 30,000 who could be considered passive speakers of the language; this amounts to approximately 34% of the existing population of Aragón speaking or understanding Aragonese."	30,000	administration, culture, information	Spanish	no	"Aragonese is also commonly perceived as an incomplete means of expression."	"However, despite lack of institutional support, Aragonese society has relentlessly organized itself into cultural associations and they themselves have for the last thirty five years carried the whole weight of the scientific and economic research, the teaching, promotion, awareness and spread of Aragonese."	no	Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			14	14	Spain	northern Pyrenean valleys
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		10,000		10000-99999									Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							42.2935,-.4394
203645659		2005	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages		E-book	RoutledgeCurzon				Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2005. "Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages." RoutledgeCurzon.			<10,000		1000-9999	Many thousands with some knowledge of the language. Studied as a second language.			Spanish			Mainly spoken in the high valleys of the Pyrenees such as the Aragon River, Sobrarbe, Ribogorza, northern Huesca, the towns of Graus and Samianigo.		Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	There are many thousands with some knowledge of the language. It is also studied as a second language. Few children learn the language.			Spain, Aragon, Navarra	Mainly spoken in the high valleys of the Pyrenees such as the Aragon River, Sobrarbe, Ribogorza, northern Huesca, the towns of Graus and Samianigo.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			11,000		10000-99999									Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,000,000	11,000	1994															Spain;

Aragonese

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Language information by source

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

11,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11,000

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

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Aragonese

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

11,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11,000

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

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