Languages in the Iberian Peninsula
Among the languages in the Iberian Peninsula is meant historically or currently on the Iberian Peninsula -based languages . The languages currently spoken on the Iberian Peninsula are predominantly (27 out of 40) Romance languages .
Historical languages
Pre-Romanic languages
The following pre-Romanesque languages were spoken in the Iberian Peninsula before the Romans occupied the peninsula and made it part of the Roman Empire :
- Aquitaine
- Celtiberian
- Lusitan (the classification of this language is not very clear; it is certainly Indo-European, but it can belong to the Italian , Celtic , pre- or para-Celtic languages)
- Classical Greek
- Iberian
- Phoenician
- Tartessian
Medieval languages
The following languages were used in the Middle Ages :
Modern languages
The following languages, which are listed and indigenous , are still spoken in the Iberian Peninsula today:
- Basque
- Romance languages
- Mixed languages
- Caló (also Ibero-Romani); Romani words and Spanish grammar
- Erromintxela ; Romance words and Basque grammar
- Llanito ; Andalusian-based Creole language with English influences (spoken in Gibraltar )
- Inglés de escalerilla English-based pidgin language with Spanish influence (spoken in Spanish Mediterranean ports)
- English , ( Gibraltar )
- Sign language
The following sign languages are used on the Iberian peninsula:
- Isolated sign languages
- French sign languages
- Swedish sign languages
- Sign languages of unclear family affiliation
Languages related to the country
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Andorra :
- Catalan (national language)
- Spanish
- French
- Portuguese
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Portugal :
- Portuguese (national language)
- Portuguese sign language
- Mirandés
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Spain
- Spanish (also called Castilian ; national language)
- Spanish sign language
- Catalan
- Catalan sign language
- Basque
- Galician
- Occitan (locally also called Aranese )
- Asturian
- Leonese
- Extremadurian
- Aragonese