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My name is Víctor, I'm from Oviedo,
I speak Asturian,

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which is a minoritized language
in the north of Spain.

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Asturian is currently
in a situation...

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in which it is not an official language,
and there are many people

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who are working for it
to be official in the future.

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As I've said, Asturian
is not an official language,

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it's only recognized
in article 4

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of our Statute of Autonomy,
where its protection is recognized.

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Later, in 1998,
a law was passed, which is known as

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'Law of use and promotion
of Bable/Asturian',

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which regulates a bit more
the use of our language

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and guarantees, in some way,
its presence in education

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and in the media,
for example.

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This is an insufficient law,
although it has been useful

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for [Asturian] to enter in the education system,
and there are more and more students

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who choose it as a subjetc.
But we do find

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