Hax needs someone with knowledge of Galician-Portuguese!

[Louis VI the Fat]

I'm sorry, I meant the language used for poetry and songwriting.

My bad

No you're quite correct. It is me who missed something. Too used to modern useage of languages, as a territorial means of communication. Languages for the most of history served social functions. Provençal was used for courtly love and lyricism, I never realised Iberia did the same with Galician.


How very cool that your folk band keeps this tradition alive!

[Hax]

No you're quite correct. It is me who missed something. Too used to modern useage of languages, as a territorial means of communication. Languages for the most of history served social functions. Provençal was used for courtly love and lyricism, I never realised Iberia did the same with Galician.

Well, if we look at the essence of the animosity that was not to uncommon between the Portuguese and Kingdom of Castille-Leon (and later Navarra and Arágon), we'll see that the Spanish saw Portugal as something of a rebel state. Galicia is also home to quite some interesting instruments (such as the Galician bagpipes) and was one of the regions that was never conquered by the Muslims.

[A Very Super Market]

Galicia is also rather... located in the boonies, isn't it? I know how screwy Basque country can get, how about Galicia? Certainly, they aren't quite your classical Spaniards.