Galician is a language spoken in northwestern Spain. It is similar to Portuguese. Let us compare the numbers from one to ten in Galician, Portuguese and Spanish:
un um uno
dous dois dos
tres três tres
catro quatro cuatro
cinco cinco cinco
seis seis seis
sete sete siete
oito oito ocho
nove nove nueve
dez dez diez
The numbers for one, two and four are different in the three languages. However, the numbers for five and six are the same in all three. The Galician word for four, catro, has no labiovelar approximant. The numbers for seven to ten are the same in Galician and Portuguese.
Six of the numbers are identical in Galician and Portuguese. Only two of the numbers are identical in Galician and Spanish. However, it is clear that the numbers are similar in all languages.
Galician is a Romance language that shares many similarities with Portuguese. However, Galician is a minority language in Spain and speakers of Galician are bilingual in Galician and Spanish. Though Galician is a language of Spain, it is more closely related to Portuguese.
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