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Galician (/ ɡ ə ˈ l ɪ ʃ (i) ə n / gə-LISH-(ee-)ən, [3] UK also / ɡ ə ˈ l ɪ s i ə n / gə-LISS-ee-ən), [4] also known as Galego (endonym: 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 Sp
The independence of Portugal since the late Middle Ages has favored the divergence of the Galician and Portuguese languages as they developed. [89] Though considered to be independent languages in Galicia, the shared history between Galician and Portuguese has been widely acknowledged; in 2014, the Galician parliament approved Law 1/2014 on the ...
Map of Galicia irredenta.In grey is Galicia proper and in yellow are the places in Spain where Galician is spoken outside of it.. Galicia irredenta [1] ("Unredeemed Galicia") or Galicia estremeira [2] ("Outer" or "External Galicia"), also spelled as Galiza irredenta [3] and Galiza estremeira [4] and also known as Faixa Leste [5] or Franxa Leste [6] ("Eastern Strip"), is a term used for all ...
The majority of languages of Spain [4] belong to the Romance language family, of which Spanish is the only one with official status in the whole country. [5] [6] Others, including Catalan/Valencian (in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands) and Galician (in Galicia), enjoy official status in their respective autonomous regions, similar to Basque in the northeast of the country (a non ...
A comparative map of Galicia showing speakers of Galician as first language in 2001 and 2011, Galician Institute of Statistics. La Romería (the pilgrimage), Sorolla, 1915. Galician is a Romance language belonging to the Western Ibero-Romance branch; as such, it derives from Latin. It has official status in Galicia.
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Spanish vos comes from Latin vōs, the second person plural pronoun in Latin. In any case, there is wide variation as to when each pronoun (formal or familiar) is used. In Spain, tú is familiar (for example, used with friends), and usted is formal (for example, used with older people).
Mirandese (only spoken in a small eastern area of the Norte region, near Portuguese-Spanish border; official recognition) Barranquenho (spoken in the town of Barrancos, near Portuguese–Spanish border; recognized and protected) Minderico (only spoken in the town of Minde) Spain: Spanish (also called Castilian, official recognition)