Galician language

Galician is the language of Galicia, the region of Spain lying to the north of Portugal. It used to be classified as a Portuguese dialect, because it shares more features in common with that language than with Spanish; although of course the pronunciation closely resembles that of Spanish. A feature of the orthography is the wide use of x, frequently in initial position, pronounced like English 'sh', corresponding to the soft g in Portuguese. The language can be heard in Portugal as well as in Spain on TV Galicia.