Editing Asturleonese language (section)

== Diglossia ==
For a long time, during the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, Latin and Asturleonese (during its Old Leonese form) co-existed within a [[Diglossia|diglossic]] relationship. During this time, Asturleonese was used in official documents and held a high legal status, a status that would drastically change within the following centuries.<ref>Campbell, Kenny; Smith, Rod (2013-10-01). "Permanent Well Abandonment". ''The Way Ahead''. '''09''' (03): 25–27. {{doi|10.2118/0313-025-twa}} [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] 2224-4522.</ref> In the period of time between the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, many linguistic dialects were marginalized within the Iberian Peninsula as well as other parts of Europe. Because of this, many linguistic dialects and minorities were marginalized, making it difficult for some languages, such as Asturleonese, to survive, and resulted in the fragmentation of others.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Arias|first=Xosé Lluis García|date=2020-10-20|title=Dos poemes poco conocíos|url=https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/Lletres/article/view/15636|journal=Lletres Asturianes|language=ast|issue=123|pages=167–174|doi=10.17811/llaa.123.2020.167-174|s2cid=226346279 |issn=2174-9612|doi-access=free}}</ref>

During the nineteenth century, the Asturian territories were included as part of the Spanish circle. {{What|date=November 2021}} During this time, Spanish thrived as a language of prestige and culture, which led to its progressively replacing Asturleonese in these areas, as well as with [[Galician language|Galician]] in neighboring Galicia, leaving it to mainly oral usage. Consequently, there existed, and still exists, a distinct divide between the spoken languages of Spanish and Asturian and the written ones.{{What|date=November 2021}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kupka|first=Tomáš|date=2013-12-01|title=Reflexiones sobre la inexistencia de la base teórica de la creación y evaluación de las hojas de trabajo para la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras con un enfoque en la lengua española|url=http://romanica.upol.cz/artkey/rom-201302-0003_reflexiones-sobre-la-inexistencia-de-la-base-teorica-de-la-creacion-y-evaluacion-de-las-hojas-de-tr.php|journal=Romanica Olomucensia|language=en|volume=25|issue=2|pages=121–125|doi=10.5507/ro.2013.015|issn=1803-4136|doi-access=free}}</ref>

This being said, diglossia exists today within the region of Asturias. While Spanish is the official language, being used in the government and political spheres, the Asturian language survives as the language mainly used in informal and casual conversation in many rural areas within this community.<ref>de Andrés Díaz, Ramón & Viejo Fernández, Xulio. (n.d.) ''Rapport about the Institutional Obstacles to the Normalization of the Asturias Language.'' Actas / Proceedings II Simposio Internacional Bilingüismo. http://ssl.webs.uvigo.es/actas2002/04/06.%20Ramon%20de%20Andres.pdf</ref> Additionally, the language is often offered as an elective subject in schools throughout the linguistic region.<ref>Boyer, Henri (2021-03-01). "Hoja de servicios y futuro de la sociolingüística catalana: una exploración epistemológica (y glotopolítica)". ''Archivum''. '''70''' (2): 59–81. {{doi|10.17811/arc.70.2.2020.59-81}} [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] 2341-1120.</ref>