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Both Spanish and Portuguese have common roots in Latin, evolving from the Vulgar Latin spoken in the Iberian Peninsula. However, Portuguese can be considered slightly older as a distinct language, emerging in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula in the medieval period, while Spanish developed...
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Both Spanish and Portuguese have common roots in Latin, evolving from the Vulgar Latin spoken in the Iberian Peninsula. However, Portuguese can be considered slightly older as a distinct language, emerging in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula in the medieval period, while Spanish developed later in the central and northern parts. read less
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Both Spanish and Portuguese have roots in Latin and evolved from Vulgar Latin, making them both relatively old languages. However, written records suggest that Portuguese, as a distinct language, emerged slightly earlier than Spanish, with some of the earliest documents appearing...
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Both Spanish and Portuguese have roots in Latin and evolved from Vulgar Latin, making them both relatively old languages. However, written records suggest that Portuguese, as a distinct language, emerged slightly earlier than Spanish, with some of the earliest documents appearing in the 12th century, while early written Spanish documents started to appear in the 9th century.

 
 
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Both Spanish and Portuguese evolved from the medieval language known as Galician-Portuguese. However, the earliest written records in a form resembling modern Spanish date back to the 9th century, while the earliest written records in a form resembling modern Portuguese date back to the 12th century....
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Both Spanish and Portuguese evolved from the medieval language known as Galician-Portuguese. However, the earliest written records in a form resembling modern Spanish date back to the 9th century, while the earliest written records in a form resembling modern Portuguese date back to the 12th century. Therefore, Spanish is considered to be slightly older than Portuguese in terms of written records.

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