Catalonia, Iberian cradle
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https://doi.org/10.36707/palaeohispanica.v0i14.49Keywords:
Iberian language, Catalonia, ContestaniaAbstract
This paper develops 20 arguments against the “Contestan theory”. According to this thesis, repeatedly defended by Javier de Hoz, the Iberian language was written but not spoken outside the territory of the ancient Contestania, roughly corresponding to the current Spanish province of Alicante and parts of the provinces of Murcia and Valencia. Conversely, other evidence suggests that current Catalonia was the nuclear area of the Iberian language.
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