Old Navarrese

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Old Navarrese
Navarrese Romance
Native to Spain
RegionCentral, southern, and eastern areas of the Kingdom of Navarre
EthnicityNavarrese
Era10th–17th centuries
Early forms
Dialects
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Old Navarrese or Navarrese Romance was the name of several varieties of Navarro-Aragonese spoken in the centre, south, and east of the Kingdom of Navarre. It was spoken from the 10th to 17th centuries.

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History

Old Navarrese can date back to the 10th century, in which it was originally spoken in eastern areas such as Sangüesa and Sierra de Leyre. [1]

Orthography

Old Navarrese was written in a variety of the Latin script. Several characteristics of Navarrese orthography include diphthong -ua- would change to -oa- as in goardar, qoarto, and qoal, [2] and phonemes /ɲ/ and /ʎ/ being represented by ynn and ill or yll respectively. [3]

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References

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