Aragonese language

Aragonese
aragonés
Pronunciation	[aɾaɣoˈnes]
Native to	Spain
Region	Aragon; northern and central Huesca and northern Zaragoza
Ethnicity	Aragonese
Native speakers	Active speakers: 10,000–12,000 (2017)[1] Active and passive speakers: 30,000–50,000 (2017)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Western Romance (unclassified) (in some classifications) Pyrenean–Mozarabic Aragonese
Early forms	Old Latin Vulgar Latin Navarro-Aragonese Old Aragonese
Dialects	Judaeo-Aragonese † Navalese Aisinian Ansó Aragüés Benasquese Hecho Ribagorçan Central
Writing system	Latin (Aragonese alphabet)
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Spain Aragon (Protected language status)
Regulated by	Academia d'a Luenga Aragonesa
Language codes
ISO 639-1	an
ISO 639-2	arg
ISO 639-3	arg
Glottolog	arag1245
ELP	Aragonese
Linguasphere	51-AAA-d
Map of Aragon with the dialects of northern Aragon in grey, blue, and light orange
Aragonese is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Aragonese (/ˌærəɡəˈniːz/ ARR-ə-gə-NEEZ; aragonés [aɾaɣoˈnes] in Aragonese) is a Romance language spoken in several dialects by about 12,000 people as of 2011, in the Pyrenees valleys of Aragon, Spain, primarily in the comarcas of Somontano de Barbastro, Jacetania, Alto Gállego, Sobrarbe, and Ribagorza/Ribagorça.^[1][2] It is the only modern language which survived from medieval Navarro-Aragonese in a form distinct from Spanish.

Historically, people referred to the language as fabla ('talk' or 'speech'). Native Aragonese people usually refer to it by the names of its local dialects such as cheso (from Valle de Hecho) or patués (from the Benasque Valley).