Alternate Names: Galego, Gallego
Dialects: Galician is reportedly between Portuguese , and Spanish ,, but is more similar to Portuguese, which has about 85% intelligibility (1989 R. Hall). Many dialects.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,340,000 in Spain (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 2,355,000.
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.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Spain
Other Comments: Growing sense of ethnic identity.