What Does Galician Mean?

Galician is an Indo-European language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch. It is spoken by some 2.4 million people, mainly in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Spanish.

Where did the Galicians come from?

The Galicians are descended from Spain's second wave of Celtic invaders (from the British Isles and western Europe) who came across the Pyrenees mountains in about 400 bc. The Romans, arriving in the second century bc, gave the Galicians their name, derived from the Latin gallaeci.

Is Galician the same as Spanish?

Many people assume that Galician is just a dialect of Spanish, while it's actually its own individual language. Both Galician and Spanish are considered to be official languages in the region.