Fala
A language of Spain
| Population | 10,500 (1994 T. Erickson). 5,500 in the language area; 5,000 outside, many of whom return each summer. |
| Region | Extremadura Autonomous Region, northwest corner, an isolated valley on Portugugal border, Val de Xalima or Val du riu Ellas, Valverdi du Fresnu, As Ellas and Sa Martín de Trebellu towns. |
| Language map |
Portugal and Spain |
| Alternate names | A Fala de Xálima, A Fala do Xãlima, “Chapurreáu” , Galaico-Extremaduran |
| Dialects | Valvideiru, Mañegu, Lagarteiru. Not easily intelligible with surrounding language varieties. Intelligible to speakers of Galician [glg]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician |
| Language use | Vigorous. All domains except school, church, and contacts with outsiders. All ages. Do not identify with Galicians. Also use Spanish. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: Nearly 100%. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Do not want orthography to be like Galician. |
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