Portuguese Dialects - Closely Related Languages

Closely Related Languages

This article does not cover Galician, which is treated as a separate language from Portuguese by Galician official institutions, nor the Fala language. For a discussion of the controversy regarding the status of Galician with respect to Portuguese, see Reintegrationism.

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    The trouble with foreign languages is, you have to think before your speak.
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