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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Luro Administrative Post officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Cantagalo officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São José do Vale do Rio Preto officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Santa Maria Madalena officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Trajano de Moraes officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Comendador Levy Gasparian officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Sapucaia officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Mesquita officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Nilópolis officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Queimados officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Seropédica officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Paracambi officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tanguá officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Bom Jardim officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Duas Barras officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Pedro da Aldeia officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Iguaba Grande officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Vila Nova de Famalicão Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Macuco officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Araruama officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Maruim officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Pinheiral officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Valença officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Valença (Rio de Janeiro)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Piraí officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Armação dos Búzios officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Republic Day in Portugal officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Rio das Ostras officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Três Rios officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Caetano do Sul officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Barra Mansa officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Resende officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Municipality of Ourique officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Simões Filho officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Pojuca officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Terra Nova officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Teodoro Sampaio officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Mangualde officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Nazaré Paulista officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Itanagra officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Sebastião do Passé officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tabatinga officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Conceição do Jacuípe officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Bebedouro officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Valongo officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Itapeva officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
city of Angra do Heroísmo officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Angra do Heroísmo
this entity surface form: Portuguese
municipality of Angra do Heroísmo officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Angra do Heroísmo
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Igaratá officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese