Galician Association of Language
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Associaçom Galega da Língua or AGAL (Galician for "Galician Association of the Language") is a reintegrationist collective formed in 1981 which seeks the full normalization of Galician as a branch of Galician-Portuguese. In 1983, its Linguistic Commission (or Comissom Lingüística) made its own rules in 1983, under the title of Estudo crítico das normas ortográficas e morfolóxicas do idioma galego ("Critical study of Galician language spelling and morphological rules"), which were distinct from those of the Real Academia Galega. In 2007, AGAL could count 474 associated individuals.
AGAL believes that "Galician" is the denomination that Galician-Portuguese has in Galicia, and assumes that the international name is Portuguese. This is the language of Galicia, Portugal and Brazil, and also an official language in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor, forming an international Linguistic community known as Lusofonia.
Since 1995 AGAL has edited the quarterly Agália magazine and maintains Universália and Criaçom book collections. The president from 2001 to 2007 was Bernardo Penabade. Alexandre Banhos has held that position since June 2007.
