El concepto de área onomástica: el caso de los astures

Abstract

The study of ancient onomastics can be made through the geographical distribution of names, which provides information on the extension of a language with few direct evidences, assuming that all onomastic landscapes ?t with ancient language landscapes. In this paper, the Asturian area through its personal names is analyzed, to conclude that probably corresponded to an ancient language, different from those of his environment, of which no testimony is conserved.