The Irmandades da Fala (English: "Brotherhood of the Language") was a Galician nationalist organization active between 1916 and 1936. It was the first political organization of Galicia that used only the

Galician language Galician ( , ), also known as Galego (), is a Iberian Romance languages, Western Ibero-Romance language. Around 2.4 million people have at least some degree of competence in the language, mainly in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, an Autonomo ...

Background

Aurelio Ribalta, a Galician writer living in Madrid, called for the protection of the

in 1915. On 5 January 1916, Antón Vilar Ponte started a campaign for the establishment of a League of Friends of the Galician Language in the newspaper '' La Voz de Galicia'' and in March 1916 he published ''Galician Nationalism (Notes for a Book): Our Regional Affirmation'', where he supported the protection, dignification and use of the Galician language. The proposal was supported by leaders of different ideological persuasions. The most important of these were Antón Losada Diéguez and the Traditionalists and the Liberal Democrats. , , and were all members.

Political program

In the congress of November 1918 in the city of

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, they established their program: #Primary objectives: ##Complete autonomy for Galicia. ##Municipal autonomy. ##Entry of Galicia into the

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. ##Federal union with Portugal. #Objectives for Galicia: ##The

legislative power A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers o ...

to be in a Galician Parliament, elected by the people. ##The

judicial power The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

to always be exercised by the Galician people. ##Galicia to have its own tax laws, without the intervention of central government. ##Galician and Spanish to be the official languages in Galicia. ##Equal rights for women and men. ##Suppression of the Provincial Deputations.

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