ISO 639-3 · glgglg
Indo-European family
Galician
lingua galega
Galician is a language of the Galician–Portuguese branch (Indo-European), spoken in Spain and Portugal. Wikidata counts about 2.4 m speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Western Ibero-Romance language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
glg- ISO 639-1
gl- Glottocode
gali1258- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- Centre point
- 42.50, -8.50
- Wikipedia
- 144 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Galician · lingua galega |
|---|---|
| Also called | Galician language |
| All speakers | 2,400,000 (2012) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Galician
The branches above Galician, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Spain
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafecatCatalanIndo-European · 10 m2 · ProvincialeusBasquePaleo-European languages · 750,0002 · ProvincialastAsturianIndo-European · 560,0006b · ThreatenedrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedgscGasconIndo-European · 250,000Definitely endangeredextExtremaduranIndo-European · 201,5007 · ShiftingrmqCalóIndo-European · 60,0005 · Developing