Category:Asturian terms by usage

Asturian terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Asturian archaic terms: Asturian terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Asturian childish terms: Asturian terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Asturian colloquialisms: Asturian terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Asturian dated terms: Asturian terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Asturian derogatory terms: Asturian terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Asturian dialectal terms: Asturian terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Asturian endearing terms: Asturian terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Asturian familiar terms: Asturian terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Asturian formal terms: Asturian terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Asturian hapax legomena: Asturian terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.
• Category:Asturian higher register terms: Asturian terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Asturian humorous terms: Asturian terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Asturian informal terms: Asturian terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Asturian nonstandard terms: Asturian terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Asturian obsolete terms: Asturian terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Asturian offensive terms: Asturian terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Asturian poetic terms: Asturian terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Asturian proscribed terms: Asturian terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Asturian puristic terms: Asturian terms adopted for linguistic purism.
• Category:Asturian rustic terms: Asturian terms whose use is typically restricted rural speech.
• Category:Asturian slang: Asturian colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Asturian superseded forms: Asturian forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Asturian terms with archaic senses: Asturian terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Asturian terms with historical senses: Asturian terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Asturian terms with obsolete senses: Asturian terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Asturian terms with rare senses: Asturian terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Asturian terms with uncommon senses: Asturian terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Asturian vulgarities: Asturian terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.