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Riunorese Leonese

Riunorese Leonese is the name given to the Leonese varieties spoken in Portugal belonging to the Senabrese dialect. The name Riunorese stemming from the main village where said varieties are spoken, Riudenore.

Characteristics

  • The Latin appears more often as than in other dialects; for 'him'.
  • The diphthong appears as or ; for 'wheel', for 'door'.
  • In some cases where in other dialects there is an intervocalic , Riunorese Leonese has ; for .
  • There is a larger quantity of contractions: for 'to the' (f.), for 'of the' (f.), like Portuguese and Galician but unlike other Leonese dialects.
  • Nasalization of diphthongs at the end of words, like 'they killed'.
  • Palatalization of [s], despite being more common in leonese than in other West Iberian languages languages, appears even more commonly in Riunorese, like in verb conjugations (note: 'X' represents [ʃ]): Iêl dixu for Él dixu 'He said' (both palatalized), Tu dixes for Tú dices 'You say' (other dialects not palatalized).

Linguistic Classification

Being in between Galician, Portuguese and Leonese speaking areas, many people consider it a transitional speech between Galician-Portuguese and Asturleonese, just like other regions between Galicia and Leon/Asturias. In other contexts, it's considered an "influenced zone", like the Extremaduran and Cantabrian speaking areas, by Castillian influence (which are also considered transitional speeches sometimes).

Writing system

The writing system most commonly used for Riunorese is based on Portuguese orthography, with the existence of , the representation of with (since Portuguese lacks , and represents , unlike Spanish and other Leonese dialects, where represents ), among other aspects. The writing system has no legal recognition and is not regulated by any institution. The subdialect has a proposed writing system since it is the only Leonese-speaking territory of Portugal (considering Leonese a separate entity from the rest of Asturleonese, as Mirandese is an Asturleonese language/dialect spoken in Portugal in greater numbers).

Sample text

('Story of a crazy criminal'; title in Portuguese), written originally in Riunorese Leonese.

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