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	U.S.ENGLISH Foundation Official Language Research - Portugal: Language in everyday life
		Mirandese was taught as an optional subject to a fairly small number of pupils in the first to third year at the Miranda do Douro secondary school.
		Mirandese is not used at all in the mass media, apart from a very few articles that have appeared in the local press.
		The issue of teaching Mirandese is also controversial at university level, as during the first semester of the current school year it was introduced as a “foreign language” subject in the curriculum of the Anthropology Department at the University of Miranda de Douro.
	www.us-english.org /foundation/research/olp/viewResearch.asp?CID=38&TID=6 (830 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mirandese language
		Mirandese has a distinct phonology, morphology and syntax, and has been distinct at least since the formation of Portugal (12th century).
		Picote (Picuote in Mirandese) is the only village that is basically monolingual in Mirandese and, due to this, several news reports have been made about this village as it became a curiosity in a country that is monolingual in Portuguese.
		The main differences between Mirandese in Portugal and Asturian in Spain are the caused by the dominant languages in each region, Mirandese has been influenced phonetically and in lexicon by Portuguese and Asturian by Spanish and also due to that both have distinctive orthography reflecting each phonetically the main national languages.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mirandese-language (1115 words)

	Euromosaic - Mirandese in Portugal
		Mirandese (Mirandés) is a Romance language of uncertain origin but possibly related to the Asturian-Leonese group; it began to emerge as a separate language about the middle of the 12th century.
		Mirandese is not used or taught at any of the following stages of education: preschool, the first years of primary school, the final years of secondary school, technical education, adult education and university.
		Mirandese is very clearly in a state of decline at the present time, a process that has been accelerating since the sixties.
	www.uoc.es /euromosaic/web/document/mirandes/an/i1/i1.html (1385 words)

	Mirandese language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Mirandese language (Lhéngua Mirandesa in Mirandese; Língua Mirandesa or Mirandês in Portuguese) is spoken in northeastern (A republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)) Portugal.
		It is related to the (Click link for more info and facts about Asturian language) Asturian language, which many consider in turn as a dialect of (The Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain) Spanish.
		Today Mirandese retains fewer than 5,000 speakers in the villages of the Municipality of (Click link for more info and facts about Miranda do Douro) Miranda do Douro and in some eastern villages (i.e.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mirandese_language.htm (282 words)

	Blogger do Mirandês
		The community fostered a very strong association of the language with the characteristic rurality, poverty and the lack of formal education of the speakers of Mirandese.
		Mirandese has been taught, as an optional subject (extra normal schedule) in 5th and 6th grade since 1986.
		Adolescents and younger children are not, typically, active speakers of Mirandese.
	mirandes.blogspot.com /2003_03_01_mirandes_archive.html (1514 words)

	MIRANDESE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Mirandese is spoken in the northeast of Portugal (on the border with Spain), in the villages of the municipality of Miranda do Douro (not in the town itself) and in some other villages of the municipalities of Vimioso, Mogadouro and Bragança.
		Mirandese is taught at no level, except for the senior primary school classes and the first three years of the secondary school, where it is optional.
		Mirandese is not used in the media, apart from a few articles in the local press.
	www.minority2000.net /Gr-75/t41gb.htm (191 words)

	Mirandese language
		Mirandese language (Lhéngua Mirandesa in Mirandese; Língua Mirandesa or Mirandês in Portuguese) is a language spoken in northeast Portugal, which was recognised by the Portuguese Parliament in 1999.
		Mirandese has a grammatical body (independent phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax) dates from the formation of Portugal (12th century).
		It is a well preserved dialect of the ancient Leonese language of northern Iberia, which today is related to Asturian language, which in its turn is considered by many a dialect of Spanish.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/mirandese_language (257 words)

	Universitas Helsingiensis 2/00
		The origins of Mirandese are directly traceable to Latin, from which the three main linguistic varieties evolved in the mediaeval period: Galician-Portuguese, Castilian (Spanish) and Asturian-Leonese, the first giving origin to Portuguese and the last giving origin to Mirandese.
		Leite de Vasconcelos defined Mirandese as "the language of the countryside, of home and love." It has been and still is mainly a language used only among the native people of the area, excluding all those who migrated there as public servants, military or other.
		New projects are planned for educating new teachers and expanding the teaching of Mirandese from the 5th and 6th grades up to the 9th grade.
	www.helsinki.fi /lehdet/uh/200o.htm (1099 words)

	Demographics of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, with only the villages of Miranda de Douro's Mirandese dialect recognised as a locally co-official language.
		Since the decolonization period, Portugal has received immigrants from the former Indian and African colonies, and from Europe (especially the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain - the climate, culture, and relatively low cost of living are the main attractions).
		Also Mirandês (Mirandese language) in the area of Miranda de Douro.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_Portugal (329 words)

	Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, some of Terra de Miranda's Mirandese speaking villages and towns being the only linguistic minority.
		There are now increasing new immigrants from portuguese speaking countries which speak several different languages, especially from Cape Verde islands.
		Languages (Portuguese and Mirandese), Catholic Church (Patriarch of Lisbon)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portugal (8486 words)

	MERCATOR :: Bulletin 38: Assembleia da Republica
		The Portuguese state recognizes the right to develop and promote the Mirandese language, as cultural patrimony, instrument of communication and support of the identity of Terra da Miranda.
		The public institutions placed in the Council of Miranda do Douro will be able to issue their documents along with a version in Mirandese language.
		The state recognizes the right to scientific and educational support concerning the formation of Mirandese language and culture teaching staff, in the terms of its regulation.
	www.ciemen.org /mercator/butlletins/38-03.htm (204 words)

	Portugal - Gurupedia
		Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, with only the villages of Miranda de Douro's Leonese dialect recognised as a locally co-official language as Mirandese, Asturian in Spain is another Leonese dialect but not officially recognized by Spain.
		[4] Mirandese language as an official recognition it is not an official language.
		Mirandese is not spoken in any town or city.
	www.gurupedia.com /p/po/portugal.htm (4142 words)

	Romance languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		And some minor variants which might have developed into distinct languages have been reduced to residual areas and restricted usage, like Astur-leonese, Aragonese or Mirandese.
		This means that phrases indicating motion will tend to encode the motion's direction within the verb (e.g.
		Mirandese (spoken in a tiny corner of Portugal — very archaic)
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Romance_languages (2093 words)

	Miranda do Douro Municipality (Portugal) # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Nationalflaggen ...
		Miranda do Douro constitute a linguistic minority within Portugal: they speak a dialect (Mirandese — mirandés) of the Leonese or Asturo-Leonese language, spoken also (but not official) in the spanish communities of Castilla-León (León province) and Asturias.
		Mirandese has recently [1999] become official in the geographic area where it is spoken, and is tought in local schools.
		Though the language is spoken widely throughout the municipality and beyond (villages Vilar Seco, Angueira and Caçarelhos, Vimioso Municipality, which once belonged to the Miaranda do Douro.), in the city itself it is not used, nor have been in recent centuries.
	www.fahnenversand.de /fotw/flags/pt-mdr.html (281 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Mirandese language [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It is related to the Asturian language, which many consider in turn as a dialect of Spanish.
		Vilar Seco and Angueira; in Cacarelhos, it is considered recently extinct) of the Municipality of Vimioso, and some linguisitic influence can be observed at other villages of the municipality of Vimioso and the municipalities of Mogadouro, Macedo de Cavaleiros and Bragança.
		Products related to Mirandese language: books, DVD, electronics, garden, kitchen, magazines, music, photo, posters, software, tools, toys, VHS, videogames
	encyclozine.com /Mirandese (296 words)

	Miranda do Douro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Miranda do Douro is a town in Bragança, in the NE Portugal.
		The adjacent area is home to the speakers of Mirandês (Mirandese), a dialect of, that was recognized in 1999 by the Portuguese state as co-official with Portuguese language for local matters.
		This page was last modified 11:18, 8 May 2005.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Miranda_do_Douro (176 words)

	Verbix -- Romance languages: conjugate Asturian verbs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Asturian-Leonese never had a unified linguistic standard and several dialects were spoken all over this area.
		Today Castilian (Spanish) has almost extinguished all these dialects except two: Asturian and Mirandese (the Asturian-Leonese variant spoken in the northeast of Portugal).
		The situation of the Asturian-Leonese dialects today is presented on the map.
	www.verbix.com /languages/asturiano.shtml (155 words)

	Foundation For Endangered Languages Newsletter 19
		The announcement of a new MSC in Portugal was made by Amadeu José Ferrira, President of the Associacon de Lhengua Mirandes (Association for the Mirandese Language) and Domingos Raposo from the Teacher Association, on behalf of different organisations representing Mirandese.
		Mirandese is spoken by around 12,000 people in the province of Breganza in northeastern Portugal, close to the Spanish border.
		It has been an official language in Portugal since September 17th 1998, when the national Parliament approved a new law recognising it.
	www.ogmios.org /195.htm (1611 words)

	CEAO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		To do this, I shall analyse three narratives, in Mirandese, collected in the Land of Miranda (North Eastern Portugal) where this dialect is spoken.
		I then proceded to describe their structure, as well as the discursive organisation that prevails their surface simplicity and disorder.
		Firstly I have outlined some particularities of this region and reflected on the role of folktales in the construction of Mirandese identity.
	www.ualg.pt /fchs/ceao/ingles/inc/revista09_ing.htm (1862 words)

	Information about Portugal - Geography, History and Economy
		Languages: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used).
		Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m.
		Portuguese (official), Mirandese (spoken in northeast Portugal, recognized by the Portuguese Parliament in 1999).
	www.guia-portugal.com /portugal-info.htm (1522 words)

	Peoples Republic Of Cork Forums - Gaelinn san AE!
		As well as the Spanish languages and Irish there are several other languages spoken within the EU that do not have official recognition on the EU level.
		These include Scots Gaelic, Welsh, the regional languages of France, Luxembourgish, Frisian, Ladin, Mirandese, Ullans or Ulster Scots and the Sami languages of Finland.
		Go bhfeithe na bpéist sibh agus sibh marbh, fuckers!
	www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com /~peoplesr/forums/showthread.php?t=19308 (635 words)

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