Aragonese has 11,000 or more active speakers, including 500 elderly monolinguals. An additional 20,000 people use it as second language. There are local varieties. Different from the local variety of Spanish (also called
'Aragonese', which is influenced by High Aragonese). Eastern Aragonese is transitional to Catalan. Similarities to Catalan,
Occitan, and Gascón. Speakers use Spanish (Castilian) in varying degrees, depending on their education; generally they use it well.