Old Navarrese
Ibero-Romance language of the kingdom of Navarre
Old Navarrese | |
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Navarrese Romance | |
Native to | Spain |
Region | Central, southern, and eastern areas of the Kingdom of Navarre |
Ethnicity | Navarrese |
Era | 10th–17th centuries |
Language family | Indo-European
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Early forms | Old Latin
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Writing system | 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.
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]
References
- ^ Elvira, Javier; Fernández-Ordóñez, Inés (2008). Lenguas, reinos y dialectos en la Edad Media ibérica: la construcción de la identidad : homenaje a Juan Ramón Lodares (in Spanish). Iberoamericana Editorial. p. 36. ISBN 978-84-8489-305-9.
- ^ Semana de Estudios Medievales (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Rioja, Instituto de Estudios Riojanos. 1991. p. 281. ISBN 978-84-87252-01-3.
- ^ Gunnar, Tilander (2019-05-13). Vidal Mayor: Traducción aragonesa de la obra "In excelsis Dei Thesauris" de Vidal Canellas. Vocabulario (in Spanish). Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. ISBN 978-84-17873-37-0.