Re: [tied] Franco-Provençal

> Which ones? I don't think "Ibero-Romance" is
> an apropriate term. I'd
> prefer "Hispano-Romance" instead, which
> DOESN'T include Catalan (which
> belongs to Occitano-Romance), although Aragonese is a
> transitional
> variety from Hispano to Occitano-Romance.

One could argue that but one could also argue that Occitan is
Hispano-Romance as well --see the chart in the Facts on File book on
language

>
> To me, modern Hispano-Romance is divided in 4 groups:
> Galician-Portuguese, Leonese, Castilian (standard Spanish
> and its
> varieties) and Aragonese.

Yes, 4 groups, 5 with Catalan, each with 2 or 3 languages.
So we get:
1. Galician, Fala, Portuguese
2. Asturian, Leonese, Extremeño, Mirandés
3. Castillian, Murcian, and a transitional Aragonese-Castillian dialect near
Burgos, I forgot the name but there are dictionaries
4. Aragonese
and I'd add
5. Catalan, Valenciano, Balear
plus 4 or 5 argots such as Quinqui, Caló, etc.
So that's at least a dozen

In the Middle Ages there was a

> dialectal
> continuum generically labelled "Mozarabian" which
> was superseded in the
> Reconquista by those groups plus Catalan stretching from
> North to South.

Well yes, but in the North, you also had pre-Castillian, Galaico-Portuguese,
Astur-Leonese and perhaps pre-Aragonese

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Fascinating.

Your discussion just means that none of these dialects is a real language.
You'll end up having 50 million languages in Spain.

A.