Alternate Names: Barranquian, Cahtúo, Cahtúö, Ehtremeñu, Extremeño
Dialects: Central Extremaduran (Meyu Ehtremeñu), Northern Extremaduran (Artu Ehtremeñu), Southern Extremaduran (Bahu Ehtremeñu). Related to the eastern dialect of Tur-Leonese.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 200,000 in Spain. 500,000 able to use it, including some monolinguals (1994 T. Erickson). Most use northern dialect. Population total all countries: 201,500. Ethnic population: 1,100,000 (1994).
Language Use: All domains. Mainly older adults. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 90%.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Spain
Other Comments: 2 orthographies, one Castilian-like, developed early 20th century by the famous poet José María Gabriel y Galán; the other more recent and more phonetic.