Eastern Asturian is spoken between the Sella River, Llanes and Cabrales. The dialect is characterized by the debuccalization of word-initial /f/ to [], written ("ḥoguera", "ḥacer", "ḥigos" and "ḥornu" instead of "foguera", "facer", "figos" and "fornu"; feminine plurals ending in "-as" ("ḥabas", "ḥormigas", "ḥiyas", except in eastern towns, where "-es" is kept: "ḥabes", "ḥormigues", "ḥiyes"); the shifting of word-final "-e" to "-i" ("xenti", "tardi", "ḥuenti"); retention of the neutral gender in some areas, with the ending "-u" instead of "-o" ("agua friu", "xenti güenu", "ropa tendíu", "carne guisáu"), and a distinction between direct and indirect objects in first- and second-person singular pronouns (direct "me" and "te" vs. indirect "mi" and "ti") in some municipalities bordering the Sella River: "busquéte (a ti) y alcontréte/busquéti les llaves y alcontrétiles", "llévame (a mi) la fesoria en carru".