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Galician–Portuguese (lingua vulgar; Galician: galego–portugués or galaico–portugués; Portuguese: galego–português or galaico–português), also known as Old Galician–Portuguese, Old Galician or Old Portuguese, Medieval Galician or Medieval Portuguese when referring to the history of each modern language, was a West Iberian Romance ...
According to the Galician government, universities and main cultural institutions, such as the Galician Language Institute or the Royal Galician Academy, Galician and Portuguese are independent languages that stemmed from medieval Galician-Portuguese, and modern Galician must be considered an independent Romance language belonging to the group ...
- 2.4 million (2012), 58% of the population of Galicia (c. 1.56 million) are L1 speakers (2007)
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Galician–Portuguese , also known as Old Galician–Portuguese, Old Galician or Old Portuguese, Medieval Galician or Medieval Portuguese when referring to the history of each modern language, was a West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Middle Ages, in the northwest area of the Iberian Peninsula.
Galician-Portuguese is a branch of Romance languages. They were first spoken in Northwestern Iberia and spread to the south. They are now spoken in all of Portugal and Northwestern Spain. The main two languages are Galician and Portuguese. All Galician-Portuguese languages were once all the same language, but have since split.
- Western Iberia
Article History. Galician: Galego. Castilian Spanish: Gallego. Related Topics: Spanish language. Portuguese language. Galician literature. Galician language, Romance language with many similarities to the Portuguese language, of which it was historically a dialect. It is now much influenced by standard Castilian Spanish.
Native name: galego [ɡaˈleɣʊ] Language family: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Western, Ibero-Romance, West-Iberian, Galician-Portuguese. Number of speakers: c. 2.4 million. Spoken in: Galicia, Asturias, Castile and León in Spain. First written: 1200 AD. Writing system: Latin script. Status: official regional language in Galicia.
