Castúo

Castúo is the generic name for the dialects of Spanish spoken in the autonomous community of Extremadura, in Spain. It must not be confused with either Extramaduran, from Astur-leonese roots, or Fala, from Galician-Portuguese roots.

Phonology

• Debuccalization (reduction to [h]) of [s] and [θ] in syllable-final position, as is common in Spanish varieties in the southern half of Spain.
• Frequent loss of d, in any position, as is common in Spanish varieties in the southern half of Spain.
• Simplification of the consonantic group -nf, to f
• Simplification of the consonantic group -rj, to j
• Simplification of the consonantic group rn, to nn
• Pronunciation of word-initial 'h' as a glottal fricative, [h], in many words in which Latin had an initial 'f', as is common in most Andalusian varieties.
• Occasional consonantic change l/r and r/l, which occurs in Andalusian Spanish as well
• General loss of r in final position

Morphology

• Anteposition of article before possessive pronoun, as in Extremaduran
• Use of diminutives ino and ina, a product of contact with Leonese
• Use of masculine article er before a consonant

Writers

• José María Gabriel y Galán
• Luis Chamizo Trigueros
• Miguel Herrero Uceda
• Elisa Herrero Uceda

References

APLEx Assossiation for the study and divulgation of Extremaduran linguistic patrimony

External links

• José María Gabriel y Galán's poems, poetry in castúo

Languages of Spain
Official / national	Spanish (aka Castilian)
Regional / minority languages	Co-official Basque Catalan / Valencian Galician Occitan Aranese Recognised Aragonese Asturian / Leonese Unrecognised languages Gomeran whistled language Hispano-Arabic Hispano-Berber Ibero-Romani Caló Erromintxela Judaeo-Spanish Varieties of the Spanish languages Cultural languages Classical Greek & Latin English French German Immigrant / expatriate languages Arabic Bulgarian Chinese English French German Portuguese Romanian Russian Ukrainian, etc.
Standard forms	Spanish / Castilian European Spanish (based on Castilian Spanish) Other Spanish languages Asturian Basque Catalan / Valencian Galician
Sign languages	Spanish Sign Language Catalan / Valencian Sign Language