Galician language
Galician (Galician: Galego or Galego-Português) is a language that is spoken in Galicia, just north of Portugal. It is very similar to Portuguese. Some even say it is the same language but with a different accent. Galician is very close to Leonese language.
Galician is a Romance language that started on the west part of the Roman Empire called Gallaecia. Today, this same place is the north of Portugal and Galicia itself.
Galician took words from many languages, like Latin, Germanic, Spanish, and Celtic.
The Galician of today comes from the Galician-Portuguese language spoken during the Middle Ages.
Today, Galician is spoken only in Galicia and by some people in South America and Western Europe.
[change] Real language or not
Some people say Galician and Portuguese are the same language, because there are not a lot differences between them, but they are officially two separate languages.
People that speak Portuguese and people who speak Galician can understand each other very well.
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