Portuguese language

E3583

Portuguese is a Romance language spoken primarily in Portugal and Brazil, serving as the official language of several countries and widely used across Europe, South America, Africa, and parts of Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language
Romance language
closelyRelatedTo Galician language
Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
coOfficialLanguageOf Angola
Cape Verde
linked to: Cape Verde Islands

East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Macau
Mozambique
São Tomé and Príncipe
derivedFrom Vulgar Latin
developedInCentury 12th century
hasDialect African Portuguese
Asian Portuguese
hasEarlyForm Galician-Portuguese
linked to: Galician language

Old Portuguese
hasFeature grammatical gender
nasal vowels
verb conjugation by person and number
hasNativeName português
hasStandardForm Brazilian Portuguese
European Portuguese
hasWritingStandard Orthographic Agreement of 1990
ISO639-1Code pt
ISO639-2Code por
ISO639-3Code por
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Romance languages
memberOf Community of Portuguese Language Countries
officialLanguageOf Angola
Brazil
Cape Verde
linked to: Cape Verde Islands

East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Macau
Mozambique
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
primaryWordOrder SVO
regulatedBy Academia Brasileira de Letras
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
spokenIn Angola
Brazil
Cape Verde
linked to: Cape Verde Islands

East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Equatorial Guinea
Galicia
Goa
Guinea-Bissau
Macau
Mozambique
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
subfamily Ibero-Romance languages
Western Romance languages
linked to: Romance languages
usedAs language of administration
language of education
language of media
official language
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Indo-European language family includesLanguage Portuguese language
Portugal officialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Haitian Creole hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Italic languages notableDescendantLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Romanian language closelyRelatedTo Portuguese language
Swahili language lexicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
Italian language closelyRelatedTo Portuguese language
Romance languages includeLanguage Portuguese language
Sranan Tongo hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
Japanese hasLoanwordsFrom Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
European Union hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
African Union hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Catalan closelyRelatedTo Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Timor-Leste officialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Afrikaans influencedBy Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Antillean Creole hasInfluenceFrom Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Iago languageOfUse Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Oceania hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Papiamento hasMajorInfluenceFrom Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Andreas usedInLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Sinhala hasLoanwordsFrom Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Macau officialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Gabriel usedInLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
West Africa hasLinguaFranca Portuguese language
Angola officialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Mozambique colonialLanguageHeritage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Portuguese Armed Forces primaryLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Google Translate availableLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Tiago languageOfOrigin Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Portuguese Empire language Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Coimbra officialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Madeira hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Sabrosa hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Canarian Spanish influencedBy Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Pichi language coexistsWith Portuguese language
São Tomé and Príncipe officialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Sub-Saharan Africa majorColonialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Vincent hasUsage Portuguese language
Richard hasLanguageOfUse Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Pan-Americanism hasLanguageContext Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Michael isUsedInLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Indonesian hasLoanwordsFrom Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Kiunguja lexifierInfluence Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Galician language closelyRelatedTo Portuguese language
Galician language historicallyFormedWith Portuguese language
Galician language sharesLiteraryTraditionWith Portuguese language
Brazilian Portuguese hasInfluenceFrom European Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Orthographic Agreement of 1990 affectsVariant European Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
African Portuguese subclassOf Portuguese language
African Portuguese basedOnDialect European Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language