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Asturian culture and language
Asturian culture, language, and heritage: institutional data and sources, not postcard prose.
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Asturian culture and language · August 10, 2026
What is the World Congress of Asturian Culture
The World Congress of Asturian Culture (CMCA) is the leading recurring academic forum on Asturian language and culture. The CMCA25 edition, in February 2025, brought together more than 60 academic contributions.
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Asturian culture and language · July 26, 2026
What is the Academia de la Llingua Asturiana
The Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (ALLA), founded in 1980, is the normative authority for the Asturian language. This article covers its history, functions and public activity, including the World Congress of Asturian Culture.
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Asturian culture and language · July 12, 2026
What linguistic normalization means for Asturian
Linguistic normalization is the process by which Asturian moved from oral use with no shared standard to a language with its own spelling, grammar and institutional use, begun in 1980 by the ALLA.
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Asturian culture and language · June 27, 2026
The official status of Asturian — compared to Catalan, Basque and Galician
Asturian is recognized and protected by the Statute of Autonomy of Asturias, but it is not co-official. This article compares its status with that of Catalan, Basque and Galician, and reviews the data behind the debate.
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Asturian culture and language · June 13, 2026
What the data says — 62% understand or speak Asturian
The 2017 sociolinguistic survey, commissioned by the ALLA, measures with methodological precision how many people understand, speak and read Asturian in Asturias. This article breaks down the figures and the methodology behind them.
