Las grafías del Seya en los documentos de los siglos XII al XIX

Abstract

Averamientu históricu a la llingua asturiana na zona oriental del dominiu, en particular nel conceyu de Sayambre, a traviés de los documentos de la Edá Media y de la Edá Moderna, la mayor parte inéditos. Preséntase’l rexistru históricu del usu del grafema <y> nel nome del ríu Seya y n’otros topónimos (mayores y menores) rellacionaos con él. Demuéstrase la conservación d’esta grafía y pronunciación hasta’l sieglu XIX inclusive.

Historical approach to the Asturian language in the oriental zone of the domain, particularly in Sajambre, through documents from the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age to the present period, most of them unpublished. The historical record of the use of grapheme <y> is presented in the name of the river Seya and other major and minor toponyms related with it. We demonstrate the conservation of the above mentioned pronunciation up to the 19th Century inclusive.