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Bron (cant)

Bron is an argot spoken by itinerant coppersmiths and tinkers in Miranda, Avilés, Asturias, Spain, as well as textile merchants in Fornela, León, Spain and Cantal, Auvergne, France. Despite being endemic to Asturias, both bron and xíriga are unrelated to the Asturian language (bable).

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Bron is an argot (a cant) spoken by itinerant coppersmiths and tinkers in Miranda, Avilés, Asturias, Spain, as well as textile merchants in Fornela, León, Spain (where it is known as burón) and Cantal, Auvergne, France (where it is known as "broum" or "brount").1 Despite being endemic to Asturias, both bron and xíriga (spoken by traveling craftsmen) are unrelated to the Asturian language (bable).23

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  1. Feito, José Manuel (2 February 2009). "Los caldereros de Miranda" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. de Llano Roza de Ampudia, Aurelio (1921). Dialectos jergales asturianos: vocabularios de la xíriga y el bron. Oviedo, Spain: El Correo de Asturias.
  3. de Llano Roza de Ampudia, Aurelio (1928). Bellezas de Asturias de Oriente a Occidente. Oviedo, Spain: Excma Diputación Provincial de Oviedo. pp. 224–225. ISBN 9788497614832. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)