Asturian (Asturianu, or bable,Ley 1/1998, de 23 de marzo, de uso y promoción del bable/asturiano.) is a Romance language of the West Iberian group, Astur-Leonese Subgroup, spoken in the Spanish province of Asturias by the Asturian people. In Asturias, even though it is not an official language, it is protected under the Autonomous Statute legislation and is an optional language at schools. As part of the Astur-leonese group, Asturian was formerly considered an informal dialect (basilect) of Spanish, but in 1906, Ramón Menéndez Pidal showed it was a result of Latin evolution in the northern part of the Kingdom of León (910–1301) (successor to the former Kingdom of Asturias 718–925). Nowadays it is considered a separate language.
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