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FalaLanguage
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The FalaLanguage is a PortugueseGalicianLanguage of Spain. SIL code: FAX. ISO 639-2: roa. Population: 10,500 including 5,500 active speakers in the language area, 5,000 outside, many of whom return each summer (1994 T. Erickson). Region: Northwest corner of the autonomous region of Extremadura, an isolated valley on the Portuguese border called Val de Xalima or Val du riu Ellas, towns of Valverdi du Fresnu, As Ellas and Sa Martin de Trebellu. Alternate names: A FALA DE XALIMA, A FALA DO XALIMA, GALAICO-EXTREMADURAN, 'CHAPURREAU'. Dialects: VALVIDEIRU, MANEGU, LAGARTEIRU. Comments: Dialects: are inherently intelligible to each others' speakers. Not easily intelligible with the surrounding language varieties. Intelligible to speakers of Galician. They speak Spanish in school, church, and with outsiders. Spoken in all contexts except school, church, and contacts with outsiders. All ages. Vitality is high. The speakers do not identify with the Galicians. Literacy rate in second language: Nearly 100%. Speakers do not want orthography to be like Galician.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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