Lengua mirandesa: historia y sistema fonético
Mirandese language: history and phonetic system

Summary/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 selected phonetic aspects of the language in order to show the peculiarities of Mirandese phonetic system.

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