At one point, Portuguese and Gallego (Galician) were the same language. That separated only due to political reasons. Now that Galicia is part of Spain, the langauge has been heavily influenced by Spanish.
Orthographically, it is much closer to spanish, but phonetically, it still shares alot with Portuguese.
Gallego sounds more like Portuguese then Spanish (85-90% same pronunciation), but is spelled more like Spanish then Portuguese.
In the region of Galicia, in northwestern Spain (north of Portugal).They speak Gallego in Galicia.
"Most Galicians speak both Castilian Spanish, the national language of Spain, and Gallego, their own official language. Gallego has come into much wider use since Galicia attained the status of an autonomous region after the end of Franco's dictatorial rule. Like Catalan and Castilian, Gallego is a Romance language (one with Latin roots). Gallego and Portuguese were a single language until the fourteenth century, when they began to diverge.
Aurelio Gallego's birth name is Aurelio Gallego Muiz.
Marcos Gallego's birth name is Marcos Gallego Fernndez.
Mike Gallego's birth name is Michael Anthony Gallego.
Gustavo Gallego's birth name is Gustavo Alejandro Gallego Topete.
Edgar Gallego is 6'.
Ramil Gallego was born in 1966.
Rubén Gallego was born in 1968.
Joan Carles Gallego's birth name is Joan Carles Gallego i Herrera.
Wallace is spelled the same in Portuguese as it is in English