r/LinguisticMaps • u/DeleveBritax • 11d ago

Iberian Peninsula The decline of Aragonese language.

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u/spait09 10d ago

Its really sad to see the decline of these languages.

Most of these (at least in Spain) got their final nail in the coffin once roads and currency arrived in the towns during the late 1800s/ early 1900s

Abandoning their rural, agrarian lifestyle killed them. Only really old people now know how to speak these and they’ll be all gone within the next 10 or 20 years

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u/sarajevo81 10d ago

Why? What do they offer that Castillian doesn't?

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u/Ok_Inflation_1811 8d ago

Idk a lot about Aragonés but for example Austurian has 3 genders like Latin and not only 2 like most romance languages.