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The GalicianLanguage is a PortugueseGalicianLanguage of Spain. SIL code: GLN. ISO 639-1: gl. ISO 639-2: glg. Population: 3,173,400 in Spain, 8.2% of the population (1986). Population total both countries: 4,000,000 (1999 WA). Region: Northwest Spain, Autonomous Region of Galicia. Also spoken in Portugal. Alternate names: GALEGO, GALLEGO. Comments: Galician is between Portuguese and Spanish, but closer to Portuguese. Portuguese has about 85% intelligibility to speakers of Galician (R.A. Hall, Jr., 1989). Many dialects. Bilingualism in Spanish. There is an Academy of the Galician Language. It has had many decades of development as a language of serious literature, including poetry, essays on novel, ideological, philosophical, and sociological topics, and for all levels of education, including higher education. A growing sense of ethnic identity and of the Galician language. Investigation needed: intelligibility with dialects on the border with Asturian. Official language. Bible 1989-1992. Also spoken in: Portugal. (Language name: GALICIAN.) Population: 15,000 in Tras Os Montes (1994 D. and N. Burns). Alternate names: GALEGO, GALLEGO. Comments: Galician is between Portuguese and Spanish, but closer to Portuguese. There is an Academy of the Galician Language. There is tension between those in Tras Os Montes Portugal and Spain over dialect differences and identity. There is tension between those in Tras Os Montes Portugal and Spain over orthography. Bible 1989-1992.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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