  galician-portuguese (, ) or old portuguese, known in galicia as medieval galician, was a west iberian romance language spoken in the middle ages, in the northwest area of the iberian peninsula. alternatively, it can be considered an historical period of the portuguese and galician languages. galician-portuguese was first spoken in the area bounded in the north and west by the atlantic ocean, and by the douro river in the south, comprising galicia and northern portugal, but it was later extended south of the douro by the reconquista. it is the common ancestor of modern galician, portuguese, eonavian and fala varieties. the term "galician-portuguese" also designates the subdivision of the modern west iberian group of romance languages. ==language== ===origins and history===  thumbnail|350px|right|map showing the historical retreat and expansion of galician (galician-portuguese) within the context of its linguistic neighbours between the year 1000 and 2000. galician-portuguese developed in the region of the former roman province of gallaecia, from the vulgar latin (common latin) that had been introduced by roman soldiers, colonists and magistrates during the time of the roman empire. although the process may have been slower than in other regions, the centuries of contact with vulgar latin, after a period of bilingualism, completely extinguished the native languages, leading to the evolution of a new variety of latin with a few gallaecian features.the language(s) of the callaeci. lujÃ¡n martÃ­nez, eugenio. uwm.edu (9 november 2007). retrieved on 14 november 2011.origens e estruturaÃ§Ã£o histÃ³rica do lÃ©xico portuguÃªs (1976) gallaecian and lusitanian influences were absorbed into the local vulgar latin dialect, and this can be detected in some galician-portuguese words as w
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