Fala language

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Fala
Fala
Spoken in  Spain
Region autonomous community of Extremadura.
Total speakers 6,500
Language family Indo-European
Official status
Official language in None
Regulated by none
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2 roa
ISO 639-3 fax

Fala ("Speech") is a Romance language from the Portuguese-Galician subgroup mixed with Leonese spoken in Spain by about 10,500 people, of which 5,500 live in a valley of the northwestern part of Extremadura near the border with Portugal. The speakers of Fala live in the towns of Valverde del Fresno (Valverdi du Fresnu), Eljas (As Ellas) and San Martín de Trevejo (Sa Martín de Trebellu).

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