Galician
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A language of Spain
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Galego, Gallego
Population
2,340,000 in Spain (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 2,355,000.
Location
Galicia and western Asturias autonomous communities; Castille and Leon autonomous community, western Leon and Zamora provinces.
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Language Status
2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Galicia Autonomous Community (1981, Autonomy Statute, Act 1 of 6 April, Article 5).
Classification
Dialects
Language Use
Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Academy of the Galician Language. Decades of development as literary language, including poetry and essays for all levels of education. Poetry. Bible: 1989–1992.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Growing sense of ethnic identity.