glgTechnical information about ISO 639 language code glg
The table below provides technical details for the Galician language, designated by the glg code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Galician Native Galego |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Western GalicianCentral GalicianEastern Galician |
| Related languages | PortugueseFalaSpanishAsturian-Leonese |
| Key facts | Direct descendant of medieval Galician-Portuguese, a prestigious language of troubadour poetryShares roughly 89 % lexical similarity with Portuguese, yielding high mutual intelligibilityOrthography and language norms are overseen by the Royal Galician AcademyMany speakers produce gheada, aspirating the /g/ sound, as a salient phonetic traitSome rural varieties preserve nasal vowels that disappeared from most neighboring Romance languages. |
| Sample phrase | Ola, como estás? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Galician language, identified by the code glg, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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