Why are there similarities between the Portuguese and the Spanish language?

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There's an almost 90% lexical similarity between the two, meaning that 90% of their words have a cognate (equivalent) in the other language.
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Portuguese and Spanish share similarities due to their common Latin origin. Both languages evolved from Vulgar Latin, spoken in the Iberian Peninsula. Historical interactions, cultural exchanges, and geographical proximity further contributed to linguistic similarities, although they have distinct characteristics...
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Portuguese and Spanish share similarities due to their common Latin origin. Both languages evolved from Vulgar Latin, spoken in the Iberian Peninsula. Historical interactions, cultural exchanges, and geographical proximity further contributed to linguistic similarities, although they have distinct characteristics and have developed independently over the centuries. read less
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Portuguese and Spanish are both Romance languages, originating from Latin, and share a common linguistic ancestry. They have similar grammar structures, vocabulary, and phonetic features due to their shared history on the Iberian Peninsula and cultural exchanges over centuries.
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Portuguese and Spanish are both Romance languages, originating from Latin, and share a common linguistic ancestry. They have similar grammar structures, vocabulary, and phonetic features due to their shared history on the Iberian Peninsula and cultural exchanges over centuries.
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