Galician

Western Ibero-Romance language
Language language Q9307
Galician
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Galician is a language [1]. It is spoken in a country [2] that is known as Spain [2].

Galician has a presence in Spain [2], where it is utilized as a language [1]. The country where Galician is spoken is Spain [2], and it is classified as a language [1].

In Spain [2], Galician exists as a language [1]. It is a language [1] spoken in the country of Spain [2].

Galician is a form of language [1] in Spain [2].

Galician

Summary

Galician is a language[1]. Galician ranks in the top 0.3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,273 views/month, #17 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Galician is in the country of Spain[3].
  • Galician is in the country of Portugal[4].
  • Galician's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Galician's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Galician is a type of Galician–Portuguese[7].
  • Galician's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Galician's Commons category is recorded as Galician language[9].
  • Galician's Wikimedia language code is recorded as gl[10].
  • Galician comprises Galician-Asturian[11].
  • Galician comprises Fala[12].
  • Galician's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.5, 'lon': -8.5}[13].
  • Galician's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Galician language[14].
  • Galician's language regulatory body is recorded as Royal Galician Academy[15].
  • Galician's language regulatory body is recorded as Galician Language Association[16].
  • Galician's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2400000'}[17].
  • Galician's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • Galician's replaces is recorded as Galician–Portuguese[19].
  • Galician's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'lingua galega'}[20].
  • Galician's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'galego'}[21].
  • Galician's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'os', 'text': 'галисиаг'}[22].
  • Galician's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'галисийский'}[23].
  • Galician's different from is recorded as Galizian[24].
  • Galician's history of topic is recorded as history of the Galician language[25].
  • Galician's indigenous to is recorded as Galicia[26].
  • Galician's indigenous to is recorded as Bragança[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Galician include Galician–Portuguese[28], a language family[29].

Why It Matters

Galician ranks in the top 0.3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,273 views/month, #17 of 5,611).[2] Galician has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Galician is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Galician include Galician–Portuguese[28], a language family[29].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . praza.gal. praza.gal. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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