Portuguese is a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and former Portuguese colonial territories. Galician, a dialect spoken in northwestern Spain, shares close linguistic ties with Portuguese.

What’s fascinating in 2025 is how migration, technology, and pop culture change language spread. Technology is also creating digital dialects and internet slang, with millions blending languages or ...

Marie-Eve Bouchard received funding from the Swedish Wenner-Gren Foundations and the Department of Romance Studies and Classics at Stockholm University. University of British Columbia provides funding ...