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Aragonese

Aragonese

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A person from Aragon, or the language they speak
  • proper noun
: aragonés
  • As an Aragonese, she takes great pride in her rich cultural heritage.

Examples

  • We know that this shift was especially typical of the center and east of the Peninsula, and not a general Hispano-Romance phenomenon, since many verbs that moved into the -ir paradigm in Catalan, Aragonese, and Castilian never did so in Galician-Portuguese.

    Academic text (1996)

  • I read in one of the journals of Ferragosia in Spain, they were so proud that there is a Aragonese blood in your veins.

  • The Aragonese have a unique dialect that distinguishes them from other Spanish speakers.

  • During the festival, many Aragonese showcase traditional music and dance from their region.

Surface Forms

Aragonese main

Morphology

Aragonese = Aragon (transparent) = Aragon + ese

The noun/demonym and language name are formed regularly from the place name with '-ese', so the link to 'Aragon' is direct and teachable.

Etymology

Aragonese is the name for a person from Aragón or for the local language, using the same -ese ending you see in Chinese or Portuguese, which means 'from a place'. So an Aragonese is 'a native of Aragon' or the language spoken there.