Galician-Portuguese

Proper noun

Meaning

The division of Romance languages that encompasses Galician, Portuguese, Eonavian and Fala.

The common ancestor of these languages, spoken in the Middle Ages, also called Old Portuguese.

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Mozarabic architecture was found in the south, in Lisbon and beyond, while in the Christian realms Galician-Portuguese and Asturian architecture prevailed. Source: Internet

It has also some innovations not found in other Romance languages (except Galician and the Fala): * The present perfect has an iterative sense unique to the Galician-Portuguese language group. Source: Internet

County of Portugal In the first part of the Galician-Portuguese period (from the 12yes11yes to the 14yes11yes century), the language was increasingly used for documents and other written forms. Source: Internet

During this period, Galician-Portuguese was considered the language of love poetry in the Iberian Romance linguistic culture. Source: Internet

Most of these words derived from Celtic and are very often shared with Galician since both languages share a common origin in the medieval language of Galician-Portuguese. Source: Internet

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