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
surface form: Spanish language
coOfficialLanguageOf Angola
Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde

Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor

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

Old Portuguese
hasFeature grammatical gender
nasal vowels
verb conjugation by person and number
hasNativeName português
hasStandardForm Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
surface form: European Portuguese
hasWritingStandard Orthographic Agreement of 1990
ISO639-1Code pt
ISO639-2Code por
ISO639-3Code por
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
memberOf Community of Portuguese Language Countries
officialLanguageOf Angola
Brazil
Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde

Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor

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 Islands
surface form: Cape Verde

Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor

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

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Areia Branca officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Areia Branca (Sergipe)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
City of Tavira officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Maricá officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Mirandela officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Alfândega da Fé officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Mêda officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Ubá
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Marco de Canaveses officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
village of Odeleite officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Odeleite
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Viseu Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tarouca Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Armamar Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Carregal do Sal Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Nelas Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Penalva do Castelo Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tábua Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Domingos de Rana officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tondela Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Manatuto District officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Portuguese colonial era in Timor officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
municipality of Magé officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Magé
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Santa Comba Dão Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Centro officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Santo Tirso officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Cardoso Moreira officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Baney District officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Conceição de Macabu officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São João da Barra officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Francisco de Itabapoana officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Casa Forte neighborhood officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Casa Forte
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Coutada officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Vila Nova de São Bento e Vale de Vargo officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Monforte Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fronteira officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Gavião officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Gavião (Portugal)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Arronches officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Propriá officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Santa Maria officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Maia Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Trofa Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Maia officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Matosinhos Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Baião Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Santo Tirso Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Paços de Ferreira Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Marco de Canaveses Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Iliomar officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese