West Iberian languages

West Iberian
Western Iberian Romance
Geographic distribution:	Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, Africa, Israel, Philippines, East Timor, Easter Island, Goa
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Ibero-Romance West Iberian
Subdivisions:	Astur-Leonese Barranquian Castilian Galician-Portuguese Pyrenean–Mozarabic
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula West Iberian:   Aragonese   Astur-Leonese   Barranquian   Extremaduran   Fala   Galician   Portuguese   Spanish-Castillian Occitano-Romance:   Catalan   Occitan Others:   Basque (non-Romance language isolate)

The West Iberian languages are a branch of Romance languages. They were first spoken in central and western parts of Iberia. Spanish and Portuguese are the main languages in the branch. They have been spread to Latin America since the colonial era. There are five branches of West Iberian languages. They are Castilian, Galician-Portuguese, Astur-Leonese, Barranquian, and Pyrenean–Mozarabic. Until recently, all speakers of West Iberian languages could understand each other, but now the branches are too different.^[1][2]

1. ↑ Menéndez Pidal, R (2006) [1906]. El dialecto Leonés. León: El Buho Viajero. ISBN 84-933781-6-X.
2. ↑ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, where Cantabrian is listed in the Astur-Leonese linguistic group.