The Denmark of the South: Portugal?

[gixajo]

The county that became independent seceded from Leon. I don't think there was any relation with Galicia which i think was a vassal of Leon as well?



Sweden and Denmark had empires?

The "Viking Empire".

[Luso]

The county that became independent seceded from Leon. I don't think there was any relation with Galicia which i think was a vassal of Leon as well?

I think as you said, it's more of a connection to Leon and seceding from there creating the independent Kingdom of Portugal... but it really is from both Leon and Galicia? Didn't King Alfonso VI have control of both domains, Galicia and Leon? He helped in the military campaign against moorish in northern Portugal. So it is not rlly more or the other.

[gixajo]

Has Portuguese sonority in Brazil varied to become more similar to Spanish spoken in Latinamerica? Because sometimes I´ve noticed that Brazilian Portuguese seems easier to understand than European Portuguese.

Maybe simply I have heard Portuguese from Portugal spoken by people with a very local accent.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Has Portuguese sonority in Brazil varied to become more similar to Spanish spoken in Latinamerica? Because sometimes I´ve noticed that Brazilian Portuguese seems easier to understand than European Portuguese.

Maybe simply I have heard Portuguese from Portugal spoken by people with a very local accent.

No, Brazilian Portuguese has little influence from Spanish. Italian language did influence the accent of the southern half of the country.

Ultimately the reason why you find it easier to understand is solely because Brazilians speak with open vowels.

[Damião de Góis]

I think as you said, it's more of a connection to Leon and seceding from there creating the independent Kingdom of Portugal... but it really is from both Leon and Galicia? Didn't King Alfonso VI have control of both domains, Galicia and Leon? He helped in the military campaign against moorish in northern Portugal. So it is not rlly more or the other.

The spanish kings kept dividing their kingdoms and giving lands to their sons, creating new kingdoms or counties. They did so since the kingdom of Asturias, so it's kind of confusing to know what Galicia was at the time of Portugal's independence. The independence battles and treaties were with the kingdom of Leon.

Maybe a spanish user can help.