Asturian

See also: asturian

English

Etymology

Asturia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æsˈtʊə.ɹi.ən/, /əˈstjʊə.ɹi.ən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /æsˈtʊɹ.i.ən/, /əˈstʊɹ.i.ən/

Adjective

Asturian (comparative more Asturian, superlative most Asturian)

1. Of or pertaining to the region of Asturias in Spain.
   • 1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The story of the Christians and Moors of Spain, page 86:

     This gave time to many families to escape; and Bermudo even carried away the bodies of his predecessors to the old refuge in the Asturian hills.

2. Of or pertaining to the Asturian language.
   • 2002, M. Teresa Turell, Multilingualism in Spain, page 167:

     The winning entry was a poem written in Asturian, one of the first such in Asturian literature.

Translations

of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain

• Armenian: աստուրիական (asturiakan)
• Asturian: asturianu (ast), asturiano (ast) n, asturiana (ast) f
• Basque: asturiar (eu)
• Catalan: asturià (ca) m, asturiana (ca) f
• Danish: asturianer c
• Dutch: Asturisch (nl)
• Finnish: asturialainen
• French: asturien (fr)
• Galician: asturiano (gl) m, asturiana f
• Georgian: ასტურიის (asṭuriis), ასტურიული (asṭuriuli)
• German: asturisch (de), asturianisch
• Greek: αστουριανός (el) (astourianós)
• Italian: asturiano (it) m
• Maltese: Asturjan (mt)
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: asturianer m

• Polish: asturyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: asturiano (pt) m
• Romanian: asturian
• Russian: астури́йский (ru) (asturíjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀стӯрӣјскӣ

  Roman: àstūrījskī (sh)

• Spanish: asturiano (es), bable (es)
• Swedish: asturisk (sv)

of or pertaining to the Asturian language

• Asturian: asturianu (ast), bable (ast), pixuetu (ast), paḷḷuezu
• Catalan: bable (ca) c, asturià (ca) m, asturiana (ca) f
• Danish: asturisk
• Dutch: Asturisch (nl)
• Finnish: asturiankielinen
• French: asturien (fr)
• Galician: asturiano (gl)
• Georgian: ასტურიული (asṭuriuli)
• German: asturisch (de), asturianisch
• Polish: asturyjski (pl)
• Scots: Asturie
• Spanish: asturiano (es), bable (es)
• Swedish: asturisk (sv)

Noun

Asturian (plural Asturians)

1. A native of Asturias in northern Spain.
   • 2000, Richard Sterling, Allison Jones, Spain, Lonely Planet; World Food, page 145:

     To this day the Asturians say to each other "Have a care. Asturias is Spain. The rest is Araby."

Translations

a native of Asturias

• Asturian: asturianu (ast) m, asturiana (ast) f
• Basque: asturiar (eu)
• Catalan: asturià (ca) m, asturiana (ca) f
• Danish: asturier c
• Dutch: Asturiër (nl) m, Asturische (nl) f
• Finnish: asturialainen
• French: Asturien (fr) m, Asturienne (fr) f
• Galician: asturiano (gl) m, asturiana f
• Georgian: ასტურიელი (asṭurieli)
• German: Asturier (de) m, Asturierin f
• Greek: Αστουριανός (el) m (Astourianós), Αστουριανή (el) f (Astourianí)
• Maltese: Asturjan (mt) m
• Romanian: asturian
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Асту̀рӣјац m, Асту̀рӣјка f

  Roman: Astùrījac (sh) m, Astùrījka f

• Spanish: asturiano (es) m or f
• Swedish: asturier (sv) c, asturiska (sv) f

Proper noun

Asturian

1. A Romance language spoken in Asturias, Spain.
   • 2002, M. Teresa Turell, Multilingualism in Spain, page 167:

     The winning entry was a poem written in Asturian, one of the first such in Asturian literature.

   • 2007, Paolo Coluzzi, Minority language planning and micronationalism in Italy, page 272:

     In Asturias/Asturies 18.3% of the respondents said they spoke Asturian always or most of the time with friends […]

Translations

language

• Armenian: աստուրերեն (astureren)
• Asturian: asturianu (ast) m, bable (ast) m
• Basque: asturiera (eu)
• Catalan: bable (ca) m, asturià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿斯圖里亞斯語／阿斯图里亚斯语 (zh) (Āsītúlǐyǎsī yǔ)

• Danish: asturiska
• Dutch: Asturisch (nl) n
• Finnish: asturia (fi)
• French: asturien (fr) m
• Galician: asturiano (gl) m
• Georgian: ასტურიული (asṭuriuli), ასტურიული ენა (asṭuriuli ena)
• German: Asturisch (de) n
• Greek: αστουριανά (el) n pl (astourianá)
• Irish: Astúiris f
• Japanese: アストゥリア語 (ja) (Asuturia-go)
• Limburgish: Asturisj n
• Maltese: Asturjan (mt) m
• Portuguese: asturiano (pt) m
• Russian: астури́йский (ru) m (asturíjskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀стӯрӣјскӣ m

  Roman: àstūrījskī (sh) m

• Spanish: asturiano (es) m
• Swedish: asturiska (sv)

See also

• Astur
• Astur-Leonese

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Asturian terms

*Appendix:Asturian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Asturian

Related terms

• Asturias

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Asturian, ast ⁠

Anagrams

• Austrian, Taurians, saturnia