Editing Castile and León (section)

==Languages==

[[Spanish language|Spanish]] is the only official and preponderant language throughout the territory. The phenomena of ''[[leísmo]]'' and ''[[laísmo]]'' are considered to be deviations characteristic of the varieties of Spanish spoken in the region, later irradiating to other territories.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/eserv.php?pid=bibliuned:Epos-84315660-E424-6903-3967-69ABCF73AC97&dsID=Documento.pdf|issue=1|journal=Epos|page=169|title=Datos sobre el leísmo y laísmo de persona en el habla de la ciudad de Burgos|first=Miguel|last=Martínez Martín|year=1984|doi=10.5944/epos.1.1984.9408|publisher=[[Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia]]|location=Madrid|doi-broken-date=2024-11-03}}</ref>

In addition to Spanish (also referred to in the Spanish-speaking world as {{lang|es|castellano}}; {{translation|'Castilian'}}), other languages or linguistic varieties are spoken in small areas of Castile and León: the [[Leonese language]], that "will be subject to specific protection [...] because of its particular value within the Community's linguistic heritage" and [[Galician language]], which, according to the Statute of Autonomy, "will enjoy respect and protection in the places where it is usually used" (fundamentally, in the border areas with Galicia of the comarcas of [[El Bierzo]] and [[Sanabria (comarca)|Sanabria]]). In the Salamancan comarca of [[El Rebollar (Salamanca)|El Rebollar]], a modality of [[Extremaduran language]] is spoken (of the Asturian-Leonese branch)<ref>Hablas de Extremadura: [https://techpanga.com/fix-dictionary-app-keeps-popping-up/ Frontera Leonesa] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430061047/https://techpanga.com/fix-dictionary-app-keeps-popping-up/ |date=April 30, 2010 }}.</ref> known as [[Palra d'El Rebollal]]. In [[Merindad de Sotoscueva]] ([[province of Burgos]]) a Castilian is spoken with some dialectal features of the Asturian-Leonese.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sobrepenna.es/adobereader/sotoscueva_lenguaje2.pdf |author=Silvia González Goñi |title=Apuntes sobre el habla de la Merindad de Sotoscueva (Burgos): léxico |magazine=Alcuentros |number=5 |page=1 |access-date=9 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214814/http://www.sobrepenna.es/adobereader/sotoscueva_lenguaje2.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[Treviño enclave]], as of 2012 about a fifth of the population spoke [[Basque language|Basque]].<ref>{{in lang|eu}} [https://www.euskadi.eus/contenidos/informacion/ikerketa_soziolinguistikoak/eu_def/adjuntos/trebinu.pdf], Trebiñuko Enklabea - Inkesta Soziolinguistikoa 2012 (2012).</ref>{{Refn|group=n.|The Treviño enclave is thought to have been Basque-speaking up to the 17th or 18th century.<ref>{{in lang|es}} González de Viñaspre, Roberto. (2007) ''Trebiño. Claves para un contencioso inacabado'', p. 26</ref> In 2012, only about one quarter of the inhabitants had been born in the enclave,<ref name=estSocling>{{in lang|es}} [https://www.euskadi.eus/contenidos/informacion/ikerketa_soziolinguistikoak/es_def/adjuntos/trevino.pdf Gobierno Vasco. Departamento de cultura. Enclave de Treviño: Estudio Sociolingüístico 2012 ]</ref> while about half of them had been born in the Basque Country,<ref name=estSocling /> due to recent demographic movements;<ref name=estSocling /> these movements are connected to the increase of Basque speakers.<ref name=estSocling />}}

Languages spoken by some of the largest immigrant communities include [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], and [[Arabic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/prensa/20070206/castilla_leon/junta-facilitara-diccionarios-inmigrantes_20070206.html|website=[[El Norte de Castilla]]|date=6 February 2007|first=S.|last=Escribano|title=La Junta facilitará diccionarios a los inmigrantes para aprender español|publisher=[[Grupo Vocento]]}}</ref>