| Western Asturian | |
|---|---|
| Region | Spain (Asturias) Portugal (Northeastern) |
| Ethnicity | Asturians |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | ast |
| ISO 639-3 | ast |
| Glottolog | west2339 |
 Area speaking Western-Asturian | |
Western Asturian (/ˈwɛstən æˈstʊəriən/; asturianu occidental [astuˈɾjanʊ]),[1] is the western dialect of Asturian language spoken in western Asturian lands between the Navia and Nalón rivers, and north of the province of León.
According to the consonantism, Diego Catalán[2] divides Western Asturias into four regions:
It includes the councils of Muros, Candamo, Grado, Cudillero and Pravia. Common vocalism of the West and consonantism typical of the central zone:
At the morphological level, in some places (Pravia) there are cases of feminine nouns adjectived in /-u/, which indicates the extension to the West of the continuous/discontinuous opposition: La tierra tá ricudíu.[3] Within this region is located the Cudillero speech called pixueto.
Ellu fuoi that Nola sat down, miroulas already said: - You don't know what you're thinking about you: 'Fierve'l lleichi, cuoz la manteica, fumia lus churizus, bringi la barreña, llimpia'l suolu que ta puorcu…', that if estu ya lu outru. Caseimi en dumingu ya'l miou maríu dexe-y pulu claru que yara you más reina, ya asina murriu'l rey. Mira que sou viea ya cartei abondus caldeirus peru inxamás lus homes fourun a abangami. Non sou you buona uvea pa colus llobus.
— Candamo y Proaza[a]
Tell me what this village is already like in the amphitiatru arrudiadu all the tile houses that go up to the bare walls. Prestarati caminallu pur sous caleyas que subin ya baixan, guliandu a peixi fritu, ya dispiartánduti la fami. The landscape of Cuideiru tianis that vellu at a distance, from the sea; enjoy sou ambianti and amirar nun namais el partu, sinun lus cantilis de Vidiu, nus qu'hay un viayu faru, ya ondi úisi'l viatu suplar. On the main cai there are shops that contain all the rillaciunadu navigation tail: nudus marineirus, apareus, cabus, and uxetus artisanalis feichus with shells. The piasca amenorguíu sees few years, peru Cuideiru resurfaced with puxu when the tourists discovered the place.
— Cudillero[a]
It comprises Quirós, Teberga, Proaza and penetrates the Leonese lands of Babia and north of Luna.
This region establishes the limit of the ya/yas 'is, you are'; specifically in Teverga, being already unknown in Quirós (except in the parishes of Bermiego, Ricao and Faeo).[4] The speech of Quirós or quirosano presents its own and original features that give it a certain personality within the region.
It includes the low valleys of Cangas del Narcea, Tineo and Luarca.
It includes Somiedo, brañas of Cangas del Narcea, Degaña and enters the Leonese lands of Laciana and Ribas de Sil. Vocalism and consonantism that coincides with region C, not being in the result /ch/ from /ly, k'l/ in mucher, navacha, and from /-cl-, -pl-, and -fl -/: achalga, as occurs in region B. Within this region is the speech Trabáu in Degaña and the parishes of El Bau and the Estierna both in Ibias called tixileiru.
The classification criteria for Western Astur-Leonese are presented in the following table.
| Normative | Eastern Lowlands | Eastern Highlands | Western Lowlands | Western Highlands | Bercian | Cabreiran Leonese[es] | Senabrian Leonese[es] | Mirandese |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *lauretum > lloréu | llouréu | ḷḷouréu | ḷḷouréu | ḷḷouréu | llouréu | llouréiru | llouréiru | lhouro |
| *afflaticam > ayalga | ayalga | achalga | ayalga | achalga | ayalga | allalga | ||
| *plovere > llover | llover | ḷḷover | ḷḷover/chover | ḷḷover/chover | chuvere | chuvere | chuvere | chober |
| *lactem > lleche | lleiche | ḷḷeitse | ḷḷeite | ḷḷeite | lleite | lleiti | lleiti | lheite |
| *noctem > nueche | nueche | nuetse | nueite | nueite | ñueiti | ñuoiti | nuite | |
| * multu > munchu | muchu | mutsu | muitu | muitu | muitu | mueitu | muitu | muito |
| *capanna > cabaña | cabaña | cabana | cabana | cabana | cabana | cabaña | cabaña | cabanha |
| *oculo > güeyu | güeyu | güechu | güeyu | güechu | güeyu | guollu | guolho | |
| * mulier > muyer | muyer | mucher | muyer | mucher | muyere | mullere | mulher |
Cuatro ḷḷobus baxonun pul vaḷḷe de Ḷḷaciana. Fuonun diciendu a Sumiedu ḷḷume, ḷḷeite, ḷḷinu, ḷḷana. Unu d’eiḷḷus baxou esplayase iḷḷina xunta Santibañe de la Ḷḷomba onde afayou una ugüeya y díxu-ye: - Ugüeya vou añuesgate que teu muita fame.
-¿Agora mesmamente que tou criandu dous fiyus? Déixalu pa más p’alantre, y entoncias nun pundréi reparu dengún.
El ḷḷobu aceptou-y el reḷḷatu y dexouse cunvencere. Creyéu güenus lus aḷḷegatus de la ugüeya, dexóula y fouse rabu ente piernas pur si n’outra parte yera muxor recibidu. A lus poucus días, vulviéu a purfiare untavía cun más fame. La ugüeya repitióu-y las razones y ón sacou outras nuevas. El ḷḷobu nun se cunvencía, y la ugüeya propuso q’unus carneirus y una yegua que pacían nu Cutáu, dieran sou faḷḷu n’aquel pleitu: Si debía añuesgala ensin asperare más, u si tenería obligación de deixala hasta ver lus fiyus criaus.
— Faza C[b]
Lus gochus pasaban cuasi tou’l día nu campu la Cuérguila. La xente ḷḷevábalus pula mañana ya pula tardiquina cada unu recuchía el dél. A lus guchinus prestába-ḷḷes muitu tar pur aiḷḷí, purque yara un bon ḷḷugare pa fuzare na ḷḷueza ya revulcáse. El tíu Carape mandaba tous lus días la sua gocha que tinía siete guchinus. Peru’n día que marchóu pal ríu Pedrosu pur un carráu de ḷḷeña tardóu muitu ya nun chegóu a buscare la gocha antis d’escurecere. Yara de nueite piechu cuandu la gocha quixu dáse cuenta tinía delantre un ḷḷubazu arregañándu lus culmieḷḷus ya metiéndu-ḷḷe miedu a eḷḷa ya lus guchinus. Entre lus gochus ya’l ḷḷobu había una presa que diba dar a un mulín. Ya dixu la gocha: - Ḷḷobu, asperaba pur ti, pa que me pasaras lus guchinus. Si nun me los pasas póngome a gruñire ya vien el mieou amu ya mátate. Peru si m’ayudas a pasálus, doíte pa ti'l furón.
— Faza D. Cangas de Narcea[b]