CHISTABINO: THE ARAGONESE DIALECT SPOKEN IN GISTAÍN
CHISTABINO: THE ARAGONESE DIALECT SPOKEN IN GISTAÍN

Summary/Abstract: The present contribution is intended to be a short descriptive paper outlining the main linguistic features of chistabino, a variety of Aragonese still spoken by several hundred people in the Valley of Gistau, above all in the village of Gistaín (Chistén in the local dialect), in the central part of the Spanish Pyrenees bordering on France. This area is in the northernmost territory of the Province of Huesca, and has suffered the loss of a considerable portion of its population over the past century owing to migration to the big cities further south, such as Saragossa and Huesca. Chistabino, the variety of Aragonese spoken in Gistaín, lies within the subdivision of Aragonese that may be called aragonés oriental.

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