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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Rebola officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Colatina officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Nova Venécia officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Anchieta officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Marataízes officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Itapemirim officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Alegre officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Venda Nova do Imigrante officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Iúna officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Ecoporanga officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Sooretama officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Marechal Floriano officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fundão officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Presidente Kennedy officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Cambará do Sul officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Federal Territory of Guaporé officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Cacoal officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Viana officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Barra de São Francisco officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Ilha do Boi officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Timbó officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Rodeio officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Lontras officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Luiz Alves officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Gabriel da Palha officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Gaspar officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Indaial officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Ibirama officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Djibloho Province officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Linhares officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Baixo Guandu officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Ibiraçu officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Camaçari officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Candeias officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Dias d’Ávila officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Madre de Deus officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Catu officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Araçás officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Entre Rios officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Jandaíra officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Coração de Maria officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Moxico Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Luau Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Alto Zambeze Municipality officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Venâncio Aires officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Muçum officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Colinas officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fazenda Vilanova officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Progresso officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Ilópolis officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese