East Asturian

East Asturian
East Asturian
Eastern Asturian
Native to	Asturias
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Western Iberian Romance West Iberian Asturleonese Asturian East Asturian; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	east2272
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Last updated March 13, 2025

East Asturian is a dialect of the Asturian language, known for having more Castilian influence than other varieties.^[1]

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels of Eastern Asturian^[2]
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Eastern Asturian shows contrast between mid and high vowels in final position.^[3] The dialect lacks vowel harmony in that position.^[4]
In some varieties, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ show diphthongisation to /ie/ and /ue/ respectably.^[5]

Consonants

Initial -f in standard Asturian makes an aspirated [h], [x], or [χ] sound, which is represented by ⟨ḥ⟩.^[6]

Sample text

East Asturian

Padre nuestru que tas nel cielu,
santificáu seya'l tu nome.
Amiye'l tu reinu,
ḥágase la tu voluntá lu mesmu ena tierra qu'en cielu.
El nuestru pan de tolos díes dánoslu hoi
y perdónanos les nuestres ofenses
lu mesmu que nosotros ḥacemos colos que nos faltaren.
Y nun nos dexes cayer ena tentación,
y llíbranos del mal.
Amén.

English (KJV)

Our father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, in earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil: [...]
Amen.

References

↑ Ocaña, Anthony M. (4 January 2019). Clashing Wor(l)ds: From International to Intrapersonal Conflict. BRILL. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-84888-364-2.
↑ Kleinhenz, Ursula (1996). Interfaces in Phonology. Akademie Verlag. p. 288. ISBN 978-3-05-002964-1.
↑ Hualde, José Ignacio (13 October 2005). The Sounds of Spanish with Audio CD. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-521-54538-9.
↑ Colina, Sonia; Martínez-Gil, Fernando (12 December 2019). The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Phonology. Routledge. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-351-85516-7.
↑ Agard, Frederick Browning (1984). A Course in Romance Linguistics. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-0-87840-074-4.
↑ Arias, Xosé Lluis García (1988). Contribución a la gramática histórica de la lengua asturiana y a la caracterización etimológica de su léxico (in Spanish). Universidad de Oviedo. ISBN 978-84-7468-150-5.

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[1] Ocaña, Anthony M. (4 January 2019). Clashing Wor(l)ds: From International to Intrapersonal Conflict. BRILL. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-84888-364-2.

[2] Kleinhenz, Ursula (1996). Interfaces in Phonology. Akademie Verlag. p. 288. ISBN 978-3-05-002964-1.

[3] Hualde, José Ignacio (13 October 2005). The Sounds of Spanish with Audio CD. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-521-54538-9.

[4] Colina, Sonia; Martínez-Gil, Fernando (12 December 2019). The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Phonology. Routledge. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-351-85516-7.

[5] Agard, Frederick Browning (1984). A Course in Romance Linguistics. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-0-87840-074-4.

[6] Arias, Xosé Lluis García (1988). Contribución a la gramática histórica de la lengua asturiana y a la caracterización etimológica de su léxico (in Spanish). Universidad de Oviedo. ISBN 978-84-7468-150-5.

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