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unusual facts about Ribagorçan



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(Other dialectal forms do exist, among them characteristic forms of minor extreme dialects like Ribagorçan or Algherese, or transitional forms between major dialects, like the ones used in the lower Ebre basin area around Tortosa or in the Empordà).

Ribagorçan dialect

In Aragon, the dialect in Ribagorza can be clustered into 2 main groups Upper and Lower Ribagorçan defined by an isogloss line running east-west from the Turbón mountain.

Today, depending on provincial and regional perspectives, Ribagorçan may be described in Aragon as transitional to Catalan, or in Catalonia as transitional to Aragonese.

A dialectal variant exemplified by the Ribagorçan speakers of Pont de Suert, is Catalan dominant transitional to Aragonese with some traits of Aranese Gascon.


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