Asturianu
Asturianu is a West Iberian Romance Language that evolved from the Vulgar Latin in the early Middle Ages. [1] In the 14th century, Castilian Spanish began to (officially) replace Asturianu as the political and ecclesiastical language, and since that time it has suffered from official neglect, outright hostility, or benign neglect, depending on the political situation in Madrid at the time.[2]
The Law 1/93 of 23 March 1993 on the Use and Promotion of the Asturian Language addressed the issue, and according to article four of the Asturias Statute of Autonomy: "The Asturian language will enjoy protection. Its use, teaching and diffusion in the media will be furthered, whilst its local dialects and voluntary apprenticeship will always be respected.”[3] Unfortunately this status, being not equal to the other co-official languages of Spain (Catalan, Aranese, Valencian, Galician, and Basque) has put the current situation very much in the "benign neglect" category. Since 2001 Asturian has been covered under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages' "safeguard and promote" clause.
Position Statement
At Eating Asturias, we prefer to use the proper Asturian names for nouns as often as is possible. We comply wholeheartedly with the 2002 Decree on the Recuperation of Asturian Toponymic Names and use them as often as is practicable, while still creating findable resources for English speakers who may not know the Asturian names of cities and towns.[4]
We use the Asturian names of dishes, ingredients, raw materials, techniques, equipment, and materials when discussing cooking, farming, gardening, or any other food-related topic.
We support the campaign to make Asturian a co-official language within Asturias, and the more general movement towards a pluri-linguistic future for Spain and Europe.
More Information
The following links contain a wealth of information about (and in) the Asturian language:
- Diccionario General de la Lengua Asturiana (DGLA)
- Lexicón abiertu de la llingua asturiana
- Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (ALLA)
- Iniciativa pol asturiano
- Xunta pola Defensa de la Llingua Asturiana
- Seminariu de Filoloxía Asturiana
- Propuestes de Terminoloxía Asturiana
- Archivo de fuentes orales para la historia social de Asturias (AFOHSA)
- Xunta Asesora de Toponimia
- ↑ Salminen, Tapani (2007). "Europe and North Asia". In Moseley, Christopher (ed.). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. London: Routledge. pp. 211–281. doi:10.4324/9780203645659. ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0.
- ↑ Wells, Naomi (2019). "State Recognition for 'Contested Languages': A Comparative Study of Sardinian and Asturian, 1992–2010". Language Policy. 18 (2): 243–267. doi:10.1007/s10993-018-9482-6. S2CID 149849322
- ↑ Art. 1 de la Ley 1/1998, de 23 de marzo, de uso y promoción del bable/asturiano [Law 1/93, of March 23, on the Use and Promotion of the Asturian Language]
- ↑ Decreto 98/2002, de 18 de julio, por el que se establece el procedimiento de recuperación y fijación de la toponimia asturiana (PDF) – via Boletin Oficial del Principado de Asturias.
