Old Galician-Portuguese
E539320
Old Galician-Portuguese is a medieval Romance language of the Iberian Peninsula, ancestral to modern Galician and Portuguese and renowned for its rich lyric poetic tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Galician-Portuguese | 3 |
| Old Galician-Portuguese canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5698668 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Galician-Portuguese Context triple: [Hispano-Romance dialects, gaveRiseTo, Old Galician-Portuguese]
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A.
Galician language
The Galician language is a Romance language spoken primarily in the Galicia region of northwestern Spain, historically and linguistically very close to Portuguese.
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B.
Mirandese language
Mirandese language is a minority Romance language spoken in northeastern Portugal, closely related to Astur-Leonese and recognized for its distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
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C.
Old Spanish
Old Spanish is the historical form of the Spanish language spoken in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages, from which modern Spanish and Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) evolved.
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D.
Asturian language
The Asturian language is a Romance language of the West Iberian group spoken primarily in the Asturias region of northern Spain, closely related to Leonese and Mirandese.
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E.
Extremaduran language
The Extremaduran language is a minority Romance language spoken mainly in the Extremadura region of western Spain, characterized by features transitional between Spanish, Leonese, and Portuguese.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Galician-Portuguese Target entity description: Old Galician-Portuguese is a medieval Romance language of the Iberian Peninsula, ancestral to modern Galician and Portuguese and renowned for its rich lyric poetic tradition.
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A.
Galician language
The Galician language is a Romance language spoken primarily in the Galicia region of northwestern Spain, historically and linguistically very close to Portuguese.
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B.
Mirandese language
Mirandese language is a minority Romance language spoken in northeastern Portugal, closely related to Astur-Leonese and recognized for its distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
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C.
Old Spanish
Old Spanish is the historical form of the Spanish language spoken in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages, from which modern Spanish and Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) evolved.
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D.
Asturian language
The Asturian language is a Romance language of the West Iberian group spoken primarily in the Asturias region of northern Spain, closely related to Leonese and Mirandese.
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E.
Extremaduran language
The Extremaduran language is a minority Romance language spoken mainly in the Extremadura region of western Spain, characterized by features transitional between Spanish, Leonese, and Portuguese.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ibero-Romance language
ⓘ
historical language ⓘ medieval Romance language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Galaico-Português
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galego-Português NERFINISHED ⓘ Galician-Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Medieval Galician-Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ancestralTo |
Galician language
ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Astur-Leonese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
language of the medieval lyric in the Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
prestige poetic language in medieval Galicia and Portugal ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Latin language
ⓘ
Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| floruit |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| hasCorpus |
Cancioneiro Colocci-Brancuti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cancioneiro da Ajuda NERFINISHED ⓘ Cancioneiro da Vaticana NERFINISHED ⓘ Cantigas de Santa Maria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Brazilian Portuguese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modern European Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Galician NERFINISHED ⓘ other Portuguese dialects ⓘ |
| hasNotableGenre |
cantigas de amigo
ⓘ
cantigas de amor ⓘ cantigas de escárnio e maldizer ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | historical language (no modern ISO 639-1 code) ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
nasal vowels
ⓘ
palatal consonants ⓘ use of infinitive clauses ⓘ |
| region | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
County of Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ central Portugal ⓘ northern Portugal ⓘ northwestern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Ibero-Romance languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | c. 12th century to c. 15th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cantigas
ⓘ
courtly lyric ⓘ legal documents ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ notarial records ⓘ religious texts ⓘ troubadour poetry ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Galician-Portuguese Description of subject: Old Galician-Portuguese is a medieval Romance language of the Iberian Peninsula, ancestral to modern Galician and Portuguese and renowned for its rich lyric poetic tradition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Galician-Portuguese
this entity surface form:
Galician-Portuguese
this entity surface form:
Galician-Portuguese