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Ethnicities of Iberia on a Map

Given a map, can you guess the dominant ethnic and regional groups that inhabit the Iberian peninsula?
Based mostly on linguistic and historical identities as well as political boundaries. Whether some of these can be defined as distinct ethnicities remains up for debate.
Shades of the same color represent groups with similar linguistic and cultural traits
Sources: This map, along with supplementary Wikipedia maps and articles
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Ethnicity
Andalusians
Aragonese
Asturians
Basques
Cantabrians
Castilians
Catalans
Extremadurans
Fala
Galicians
Leonese
Mirandese
Murcians
Occitans
Portuguese
Valencians
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Level 71
Jun 16, 2021
Ethnicity can be complicated since it's based on self-identification. From what I researched, it looks like ethnicity is most closely to language in Spain, so this map is mostly based off of distinct languages and dialects. However, it seems that people in different places have different ideas on how independent they are from the main "Castilian" culture of Spain. For example, many Basques and Catalans want full independence/autonomy from the Spanish government; other groups, like Andalusians and Extremadurans, still have strong regional identities but may not necessarily see themselves as a distinct from the rest of Spain. Also, there's a lot of debate in Spain as to what constitutes a separate language and what constitutes dialects of Spanish or Catalan .

That all being said, if anyone thinks they can make a better map, go right ahead. This is just what I came up with based on my research/maps.

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Level 85
Sep 20, 2022
I managed to guess 14/16. Never heard of the remaining 2.
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Level 81
Nov 13, 2022
What about Llanitos?
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Level 75
Nov 4, 2024
Just nominated!
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Level 45
Jul 29, 2025
Mirandese and fala are leonese
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Level 41
Nov 22, 2025
Ik ethnicities aren't easy to determinate, but cantabrian, leonese, asturian, aragonese, murcian and andalusian are not ethncities, even if they have once been. They're all under the "castilian" identity, even if their culture varies. A transylvanian and a moldavian are not different groups, they're subcategories of the romanian ethnicity.