Galician is "Galicia's own language" thanks to a people who have managed to maintain our language over the years as a sign of collective identity, in spite of the social and political obstacles encountered. Nowadays Galician is spoken by more than 3 million people, both in Galicia and its borderings (occident of Asturias, León and Zamora) and in several countries where Galician people emigrated.    Bordering areas of Galicia