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The languages of Portugal are either Portuguese or Portuguese relatives. For Portuguese is the official language, which is the most widely known, spoken and understood language of communication throughout the Republic. Portugal is divided, administratively and politically, into 18 units. The units may be grouped into three broad cultural and linguistic categories, as dialects. For each of the three regions has distinct expressions, phrases and words. These cultural and linguistic groupings correspond, geographically, with the northern, central and southern region of the Republic. Among the more distinct of the dialects are the Portuguese that's spoken on the islands of Madeira, and on the Azores. But whatever the location, Portuguese and its dialects are all members of the Romance family of languages. For they show the impact of the ancient interaction between the Latin language of the ancient conquering Romans and the ancient languages of ancient Iberia. From that interaction, Portuguese and its dialects reached their expressive levels of today by way of the Galician-Portuguese subgroup within the Romance family. For they're related most closely to the language of Galicia, which is just across the northern Portuguese border, in northwestern Spain.
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What are the languages of Spain and Portugal?
For the languages of Spain, click here.For the languages of Portugal, click, here.
What countries have romance languages?
Some countries that have Romance languages as their official or widely spoken languages include: Spain Portugal France Italy Romania Brazil Argentina Mexico
What languages are spoken in France Italy Spain Portugal and Romania?
All of these countries speak Romance languages as their national languages.For the languages of France, click here.For the languages of Italy, click here.For the languages of Spain, click here.For the languages of Portugal, click here.For the languages of Romania, click here.
What languages are spoken in Madeira Portugal?
They speak Portuguese.
What are the countries of Spain and Portugal?
if u mean languages Portuguese and spanish
Is the spanish and portuges languages are similar?
No, in Spain the language is Spanish, and in Portugal the language is Portuguese. They are similar languages. May be that both have a common origin, but each country has its own language, history and customs.
Are there language barriers between Spain and Portugal?
Yes. Portuguese and Spanish are not mutually intelligible. However there are closely related languages, and people can overcome the language barrier more easily than some other combinations of languages.
What languages are spoken in Spain and Portugal?
The most prominent language in Portugal is Portuguese.The most prominent language in Spain is Spanish (also called Castillian, in order to distinguish it from the dialects of the Americas).Other languages in Spain are:Aranese, co-official in Catalonia, a variety of Gascon, which in turn is a variety of Occitan.Basque, co-official in the Basque Country and Navarre (see Basque and mixed zones).CatalanGalician
Which two European countries contributed the most to the languages of latin America?
Spain and Portugal .
Why are European language the official language of some west African nations?
European languages became official in some West African nations due to colonialism. During the colonial period, European powers such as France, Britain, and Portugal established control over these regions and imposed their languages as the administrative and educational languages. This led to the continued use of European languages even after these countries gained independence.
What are some deserts in Portugal?
Portugal has no deserts.
Spain and Portugal are called the what peninsula?
Together, Spain and Portugal are often referred to as the Iberian Peninsula, or simply "Iberia." In both languages, this is caled "la pen’nsula IbŽrica."
