The Asociación Cultural de la Llingua Llïonesa El Fueyu (''Cultural Association of the Leonese Language El Fueyu'') was a

Leonese language Leonese ( ast-leo, Llionés, ast, Lleonés) is a set of vernacular Romance language varieties currently spoken in northern and western portions of the historical region of León in Spain (the modern provinces of León, Zamora, and Sala ...

association whose main effort was promoting the knowledge of

and the defense of the rights of

speakers.

History

The Leonese language association El Fueyu was created in Llión in 2005, and developed some activity mainly in the province of Llión, and also in Zamora and

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

(Spain). The last public activities of the ''Asociación Cultural de la Llingua Llïonesa El Fueyu'' took place in 2011.

Courses

The ''Asociación Cultural de la Llingua Llïonesa El Fueyu'' signed some agreements with Leonese public institutions for promoting some municipality courses on

, as the town councils of León,

Mansilla de las Mulas Mansilla de las Mulas (), ''Mansiella'' in Leonese language, is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,913 inhabitants. The town is on ...

Valencia de Don Juan Valencia de Don Juan (; ''Coyanza'' in Leonese language) is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. In 2013, the municipality had a population of 5,199. Originally, Valencia de Don Juan was named Comeniaca and C ...

La Bañeza La Bañeza () is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 11,050 inhabitants. It is the capital of the region of Tierra de La Bañeza. Zo ...

and Zamora and the provincial government of León

''Leonese Language Day''

The ''Asociación Cultural de la Llingua Llïonesa El Fueyu'' first celebrated the Leonese Language Day on June 20, 2006. After that year, the town council of León organized for some years that Day with the support of a few

associations, all of them dependent on the political association

Conceyu Xoven Conceyu Xoven ("Young Council" in Leonese) was a Spanish political youth organization that demanded the self-determination of the proposed Leonese Country. It was affiliated with the Leonese People's Union as its youth wing until April 2010, when ...

. The sixth and last Leonese Language Day was celebrated on June 18, 2011.

Leonese literature

The ''Asociación Cultural de la Llingua Llïonesa El Fueyu'' published, with the collaboration of the Asociación Berciana en Defensa de la Llingua Llïonesa El Toralín, the book

Cuentos del Sil ''Cuentos del Sil'' (''Tales of the Sil'') is a Leonese language book written by nine Leonese language writers. It was sponsored by the provincial government of León, and two Leonese language associations: El Fueyu and El Toralín. The autho ...

(''Tales of the Sil''), where several authors from or related to El Bierciu wrote short stories in

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