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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Lajes officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Municipality of Praia da Vitória officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
civil parish of Porto Martins officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Ibiúna officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Roque officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Itaparica officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Águeda officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Mata de São João officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Vargem Grande Paulista officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Vizela officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Jaboticabal officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Brasópolis officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
ECOWAS Commission officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Boé sector officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Gabu Region officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Kuando Kubango officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Munhango officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Angola
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Lucusse officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Uíge Province officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Manatuto officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Laclubar officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Manatuto Administrative Post officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Viqueque Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Vidigueira, Portugal officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Vidigueira
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Terceira Island, Azores officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Terceira Island
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Huíla Province officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Cunene Province officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Francisco officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: São Francisco (Alcochete)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Lunda Sul Province officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Lunda Norte Province officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Lagoa (Azores) officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Butantã officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Rio Pequeno, São Paulo officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Lorena, SP officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Bento Gonçalves, Brazil officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Bento Gonçalves
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Metropolitan Region of Caxias do Sul officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Município de Erechim officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Castro officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Castro (Paraná)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Garibaldi officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Farroupilha officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Picada Café officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Igrejinha officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Três Coroas officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Nova Roma do Sul officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Vale Real officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Linha Nova officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Francisco de Paula officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Flores da Cunha officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Veranópolis officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Monte Belo do Sul officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese