Lengua mirandesa: historia y sistema fonético

Abstract

This paper aims to present the history of region of Miranda do Douro and phonetic system of Mirandese language. In the first part of the article we focus on the circumstances of Mirandese discovery in the reference to geographical location. In the second part we discuss the issue of granting language rights to Mirandese community. It was performed by bill which aim was to recognize Mirandese as the second official language of Portugal. Finally, we analyse of Mirandese phonetic system.

Keywords

• Mirandese
• Tierra de Miranda
• minority language
• phonetic
• Iberian Peninsula