Mirandese language

Mirandese
mirandés
Native to	Portugal
Region	Terra de Miranda (Miranda do Douro, Vimioso and Mogadouro)
Native speakers	15,000 (2000)[1] (10,000 use it regularly, 5,000 when they return to the area)[2]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Asturleonese Mirandese
Official status
Official language in	Co-official recognition. Special protection status in Miranda do Douro, Portugal. Statutory language of provincial identity in 4 municipalities, northeast Portugal (1999, Law No. 7-99 of 29 January).[2]
Regulated by	Anstituto de la Lhéngua Mirandesa
Language codes
ISO 639-2	mwl
ISO 639-3	mwl
Glottolog	mira1251
ELP	Miranda do Douro
Linguasphere	51-AAA-cb
Locator map of the Miranda do Douro municipality, which harbors the vast majority of Mirandese speakers.
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The Mirandese language or lhéngua mirandesa is an Astur-Leonese language or language variety^[3] that is sparsely spoken in a small area of northeastern Portugal in Terra de Miranda (made up of the municipalities of Miranda do Douro, Mogadouro and Vimioso).

1. ↑ Mirandese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mirandese language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
3. ↑ "Discovering Mirandese". Terminology Coordination Unit. 2015-05-26. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-01-24.