Conceyu Bable (in Asturian language, ''Bable Council'') was an
Asturian association legalized in 1976, which objective was the recovery and dignification of the
.
Origin
In the final years of
Francoist Spain
Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death i ...
, arose a new generation of
Asturian-language authors that took the ideas of
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spain, Spanish Spanish Enlightenment literature, neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlighte ...
(1744) and tried to surpass the traditional use of the
in rural and local compositions (often they were made up for the celebrations of the localities in the local dialect). This new generation tried to equip to the Asturian language with a Modern literature, next to the prevailing literary currents in
Spain
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and
Europe
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, while they tried to demonstrate the suitability of the language for any social or literary use.
On 1969
Xose León Delestal founded the association ''Amigos del Bable'', that was a first attempt of recovery of the language, and that concentrated mainly in the disc edition in Asturian, organizing in November 1973 the ''Regional Assembly of the Bable'', presided over by
Emilio Alarcos Llorach. In this Assembly, were put the pillars of a new Asturian movement called ''
Surdimientu'' (''Awakening'') and a part of the participants decided to constitute a group centered in the recovery of the language and, unlike the ''Amigos del Bable'', they did use written and spoken of Asturian language.
History
On November 16, (1974), appeared in number ''284'' of the magazine "''Asturias semanal''" the section ''Conceyu Bable'', that would give name to the association (legalized in June 1976), in which wrote in
Asturian, among others,
Xosé Lluis García Arias,
Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente and
Lluis Xabel Alvarez. They were the true creators of prosa in Asturian, responsible for the sprouting of a group of writers who broke with the literary models reserved the Asturian language until then, and of the appearance of an industry cultural own, with the publication of books, discs and articles in magazines and newspapers in Asturian.
Conceyu Bable laid the foundations of the current
Asturian standard cultured, based in
Central Asturian variant, for being the one that it had the most speakers (+80%) and the most used by the writers, and from 1975 they organized courses of Asturian in municipalities of the center of Asturias. In 1976, members of the association published the first modern grammar of the language, “''Gramática bable''”.
On June 22 of 1976, a manifestation was summoned in
Xixón to ask for the presence of the Asturian one in the school. The motto of the call, «''bable nes escueles''»,
semeya Bable nes escueles
/ref> was made one very well-known one then. In the manifestation participated the "''Coordinación Democrática de Asturias''" that included to the democratic parties and it counted on the participation of 5,000 people. After its legalization Conceyu Bable celebrated a congress, in which Xosé Lluis García Arias was chosen as president. Gradually the association moved towards nationalistic positions ( Conceyu Nacionalista Astur) and from 1980, they lost all their influence with the appearance of Academy of the Asturian Language.
References
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External links
Conceyu Bable
Asturian language