Galician language
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Galician, 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 locat
Vindel's parchment, containing music and lyrics of several 13th-century cantigas by Martin Codax
One of the oldest legal charters written in Galician, the constitutional charter of the Bo Burgo (Good Burg) of Castro Caldelas, 1228
Mediaeval Galician inscription in a 14th-century house, in Noia: "ESTAS CASAS MANDOU FAZER VASCO DA COSTA, ERA DE MCCCLXXVII" These houses were ordered by Vasco da Costa, era 1377 (1339 AD)
Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century
Galicians
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Galicians are a Romance ethnic group primarily residing in Galicia, northwest Iberian Peninsula. Historical emigration resulted in populations in other parts of Spain, Europe, and the Americas. Galici
Galician language
…Galician galego Pronunciation Region Galicia and adjacent areas in Asturias and Castile and León Ethnicity Galician Native speakers 2.4 million (2012) 58% of the population of Galicia (c. 1.56 million) are L1 speakers (2007) Language family Indo-European Italic…
Castro culture carved stones
La Romería (the pilgrimage), Sorolla, 1915
Aqui jaz Fernan Perez d'Andrade (here lies Fernán Pérez de Andrade), 1397 CE