Galician
RegionSpain (Galicia)
FamilyIndo-European (Romance)
Speakers2.4 million speakers
ScriptLatin
TypeAlphabetic
About Galician
The language of Galicia in northwest Spain. Split from the same medieval stock as Portuguese. Once the tongue of celebrated troubadour lyric across Iberia. Co-official with Spanish in its region. The Camino de Santiago crosses its heartland.
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