Galician
Western Ibero-Romance language
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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].
Key Facts
- Country: Spain[3], Portugal[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Galician–Portuguese[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7]
- Commons category: Galician language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: gl[9]
- Has part(s): Galician-Asturian[10], Fala[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Galician language[12]
- Language regulatory body: Royal Galician Academy[13], Galician Language Association[14]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 2,400,000[15]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16]
- Replaces: Galician–Portuguese[17]
- Native label: lingua galega[18], galego[19]
- Short name: галисиаг[20], галисийский[21]
- Different from: Galizian[22]
- History of topic: history of the Galician language[23]
- Indigenous to: Galicia[24], Bragança[25], Berzo[26], Zamora Province[27], Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro[28], Minho[29], Galicians[30]
- Studied by: Filología gallega[31]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GLG[32], http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070824[33]
- Has tense: simple present[34], imperfect[35], past perfect[36], simple future[37], simple conditional[38], present subjunctive[39], imperfect subjunctive[40], Q12389104[41], imperative[42], Infinitivo pessoal[43]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[44]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[45], syllabic language[46], stress-timed language[47], pro-drop language[48]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Galician include Galician–Portuguese[49], a language family[50].
Why It Matters
Galician has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Galician is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for Galician include Galician–Portuguese[49], a language family[50].