Editing Asturleonese language (section)

== History ==
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The Asturleonese language originated from Latin, which began to be transmitted through the Roman legions in [[Astorga, Spain|Asturica Augusta]] as well as the [[Legio VI Hispana|Roman Sixth (Hispanian) Legion]]. The adoption of Latin by the [[Astures]], who inhabited the area, was a slow but inevitable process, as the use of the colonial language was the key to obtaining equal rights; the most important priority, at the time, being to earn Roman citizenship. {{Cn|date=November 2021}} However, like the rest of the peninsula, it was not until the establishment of the Germanic kingdoms of Iberia that Latin came to be the commonly spoken language of the area.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

Along with many linguistic similarities to Latin, the Asturian language also has distinct characteristics that can be linked back {{What|date=November 2021}} to the [[Cantabrian Wars]], a conflict in which the former inhabitants of Leon and Asturias fought against the incorporation of the Roman culture. These two linguistic influences, together with the expansion and the subsequent regression of vernacular languages, would determine the linguistic evolution in the northwestern part of the peninsula.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} The vocabulary of Asturleonese contains pre-romanic elements that survived the later romanization of the area, as well as including pre-Indoeuropean elements that were only maintained through toponymy.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rodríguez Díaz|first=Erwin|date=May 2013|title=La relación entre el tiempo largo y el tiempo corto. Un intento por revalorar a un pariente pobre de las Ciencias Sociales: la coyuntura**La palabra coyuntura proviene del latín conjuntus, que significa unido. De ahí que la palabra se emplee también para designar las articulaciones entre un hueso y otro. En la Edad Media se utilizó para designar el tiempo en que podría alcanzarse la salvación eterna. El martes de Pentecostés, por ejemplo, será propicio para el ayuno y la abstinencia sexual. Para Napoleón I, la coyuntura era el inicio del alba, puesto que a esa hora los enemigos estaban semidormidos. Para la Real Academia de la Lengua, en su Diccionario de 2006, la coyuntura es una combinación de factores y circunstancias que crean un escenario especial en una sociedad.|journal=Estudios Políticos|volume=29|pages=149–170|doi=10.1016/s0185-1616(13)72653-2|issn=0185-1616|doi-access=free}}</ref>