Galician language resources – Language Links Database
Galician – is an Indo-European language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch. It is spoken by some 3 million people, mainly in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is official along with Spanish.
More information: Wikipedia
Native speakers: unknown (3.2 million cited 1986)
Official language in: Galicia, Spain
Galician Grammar and Pronunciation
- Learn101 - Learn Galician, by going step by step. All the lessons contain audio and are all offered for free. We will learn the alphabet together. We will also review some simple grammar rules, practice common phrases, and we will have fun memorizing many important vocabulary lists.
- MyLanguages - Learn Galician, check courses about adjectives, adverbs, articles, gender (feminine, masculine…), negation, nouns, numbers, phrases, plural, prepositions, pronouns, questions, verbs, vocabulary, excercises… to help you with your grammar.
- ILanguages — this site is designed to teach you and help you learn Galician for free through vocabulary, phrases, grammar and flashcards (vocabulary trainer)
- Consellodacultura.gal - Basic Information of Galician Language
- WikiBooks - Galician Course (in Galician)
- E-galego.cesga.es - Galician Course – it requires registration (in Castelan)
- Instituto Dla Lingua Galega - Various Galician-related Resources
- Verbix - Galician Verb Conjugator
Galician Vocabulary
- Webs.uvigo.es - Online browseable translating dictionary of Galician computing terms and their English and Spanish translations
- Galego.org - English-Spanish-Galician browseable dictionary
- Quizlet.com - Hundreds of flashcards
- Galician.galego.free.fr - Thematic Vocabulary (on the left)
- TravLang - Vocabulary For Travelers
- Wiktionary - A 207-word Frequency List
- Uebersetzung.at - Galician Tongue Twisters
Galician Reading Materials
- Gmh.consellodacultura.org - An on-line repository of medieval texts (in Galician)
- Galiciae.com - Free daily newspaper
- LonWeb - Learn To Read With Parallel Textsr
- Gutenberg - 3 Books In Galician
- SermosGaliza - Weekly newspaper and online news portal
- Galicia Hoxe - Online news portal
- Praza Publica - Online news portal
- Diario Liberdade - Online news portal (in reintegrationist Galician)
- Novas De Galiza - Online news portal
- Galiza Livre - Pro-independence online news portal (in reintegrationist Galician)
- Cantigas Medievais - A complete DB, containing the totality of the medieval profane lyric. (in Portuguese)
- Biblioteca Virtual Galega - Virtual Library of Galician (in Galician)
- Corpus Xelmirez - A corpus on medieval Galician documentation, in Galician, Latin, and Spanish
Galician Dictionaries
- Google Translate
- http://sli.uvigo.es/CLIG/index_en.html
- http://sli.uvigo.es/DDGM/ - a directory of Old Galician dictionaries
- http://sli.uvigo.es/ddd/index.html - a dictionary of Galician dictionaries
Galician Listening and Video Resources
PODCASTS / AUDIOBOOKS
- Ilg.usc.es - An archive of records of Galician speakers
- Forso - Over 6000 words pronounced by native-speakers
- Agal-gz.org - Comparison between Galician, Portuguese and Brazilian-Portuguese pronunciation (with sound files)
TV / VIDEO / MOVIES
RADIO
- Crtvg.es - Galician TR and Radio Station
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