Galician language

E22086
Romance language West Iberian language language

The Galician language is a Romance language spoken primarily in the Galicia region of northwestern Spain, historically and linguistically very close to Portuguese.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Galician 13
Central Galician 1
Eastern Galician 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language ⓘ
West Iberian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Portuguese language ⓘ
coOfficialWith Spanish language ⓘ
developedFrom Galician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Galician-Portuguese language
hasAlternativeName Galego ⓘ
hasDialect Galician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Galician

Galician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Galician

Western Galician ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Medieval Galician-Portuguese ⓘ
hasNativeName galego ⓘ
hasNeighbourLanguage Asturian language ⓘ
Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
surface form: Castilian Spanish

Portuguese language ⓘ
hasNumberCategory plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature nasal vowels reduced compared to Portuguese ⓘ
hasStandardizationPeriod 20th century ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Galician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard Galician
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
historicallyFormedWith Portuguese language ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Spain ⓘ
ISO639-1Code gl ⓘ
ISO639-2Code glg ⓘ
ISO639-3Code glg ⓘ
isTaughtIn schools in Galicia ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
officialStatusIn Galicia ⓘ
primaryCountry Spain ⓘ
region Galicia ⓘ
regulatedBy Royal Galician Academy ⓘ
sharesLiteraryTraditionWith Portuguese language ⓘ
spokenIn Galicia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
northwestern Spain ⓘ
subfamily Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ
usedIn Government of Catalonia ⓘ
surface form: Galician autonomous government

Galician media ⓘ
usesDefiniteArticle a ⓘ
as ⓘ
o ⓘ
os ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sermo Vulgaris → ancestorOf → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Portuguese language → closelyRelatedTo → Galician language ⓘ
Galician language → developedFrom → Galician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician-Portuguese language
Galician language → hasDialect → Galician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Galician
Galician language → hasDialect → Galician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Galician
Portuguese language → hasEarlyForm → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician-Portuguese
Rioplatense Spanish → hasInfluenceFrom → Galician language ⓘ
northern Spain → hasLanguage → Galician language ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Spain
this entity surface form: Galician
Elizabeth → hasLanguageOfUse → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Galician language ⓘ
Pablo → hasLanguageOfUse → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Ibero-Romance languages → hasMajorLanguage → Galician language ⓘ
Deportivo de La Coruña → hasOfficialLanguage → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Galician language → hasStandardVariety → Galician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Galician
Romance languages → includeLanguage → Galician language ⓘ
Margarita → isUsedInLanguage → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Galicia → knownFor → Galician language ⓘ
Francisca → languageOfUse → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Iago → languageOfUse → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
John → languageOfUse → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Southwestern Europe → languageUsed → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Roberto → usedInLanguage → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician
Tiago → usedInLanguage → Galician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician