Editing Asturleonese language (section)

===Asturian (''Asturianu'')===
{{Main|Asturian language}}
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Victor speaking Asturian.webm|thumb|An Asturian speaker.]]

Much effort has been made since 1974 <!-- Foundation of the Conceyu Bable by three young Asturianist university professors: Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente, Xosé Lluis García Arias and Lluis Xabel Álvarez -->to protect and promote Asturian.<ref>Bauske 1995</ref> In 1981 Asturian, or ''Bable'', as the language is officially named,<ref>{{Citation |title=Statute of Autonomy of Asturias, article 4 |pages=524–530 |url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es/lo/1981/12/30/7/con |language=Spanish}}</ref> was recognized as a language in need of special protection by the local government. In 1994 there were 100,000 first language speakers and 450,000 second language speakers able to speak or understand Asturian.<ref>Llera Ramo 1994</ref> However, the outlook for Asturian remains critical, with a large decline in the number of speakers in the last 100 years. At the end of the 20th century, the [[Academia de la Llingua Asturiana]] undertook initiatives designed to provide the language with most of the tools needed to survive in the modern era: a [[grammar]], a [[dictionary]] and [[periodicals]]. A new generation of Asturian writers has championed the language. These developments have given Asturian greater hope of survival.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}[[File:Linguistic map Southwestern Europe-en.gif|thumb|right|300px]]