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      • However, most scholars say that the differences are now so great since both languages separated in the Middle Ages that they are now truly different languages. Galician is also very similar to the Leonese language.
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  2. Galician ( / ɡəˈlɪʃən /, [4] / ɡəˈlɪsiən /; [5] endonym: galego ), also known as Galego, is a Western Ibero-Romance language. Around 2.4 million people have at least some degree of competence in the language, mainly in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it has official status along with Spanish.

    • 2.4 million (2012), 58% of the population of Galicia (c. 1.56 million) are L1 speakers (2007)
  3. The current number of Leonese speakers is estimated at 20,000 to 50,000. [6] [7] [9] The westernmost fringes of the provinces of León and Zamora are in the territory of the Galician language, although there is dialectal continuity between the linguistic areas.

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    • 20,000–50,000 (2008)
  4. Dec 15, 2013 · Galician is a Romance language (i.e., from Latin) spoken by about 3 million people in Spain’s northwestern region of Galicia. Although it’s most closely related to Portuguese—which is spoken south of the border—it shares many similarities with Castilian Spanish, including sounds and spelling. A Coruña.

  5. 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.

  6. Mar 12, 2024 · 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. Galician is spoken by some four million people as a home language, mostly in the autonomous community of Galicia,

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  7. In this period Galician attained an international rank, since it was being used by authors of many European languages: Galician, Portuguese, Leonese, Castilian, Occitan, Sicilian, etc. and was present in royal and stately courts, although its use was concentrated mostly in the Iberian Peninsula.

  8. Galego, as it is known in Galician, is an Indo-European language belonging to the Romance branch of languages. As the native language of Galicia, it is spoken by 2.7 million inhabitants in...

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