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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Forro hasContactLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese of São Tomé and Príncipe
Angolar hasLexifierLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Angolar isSpokenAlongside Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Angolar hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Angolar hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Daniel usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fala language closelyRelatedTo Portuguese language
Fala language hasPhonologicalSimilarityWith Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fala language hasLexicalSimilarityWith Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Carla languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
São Vicente officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
PSD hasLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Enrico usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Boa Vista officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Boa Vista (Cape Verde)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fortaleza officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Maria Paola hasLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Maria
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Costa hasLanguageOfOrigin Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Madeira River nameLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Santos culturalContext Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese-speaking world
Curitiba officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Roderic usedIn Portuguese language
Graça languageUsed Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Plenary of the 40 chairs associatedWith Portuguese language
Western Romance hasStandardLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Standard Portuguese
Vimioso officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Mangueira hasLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Mangueira (Recife)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Petrolina language Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Damian usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Asian Portuguese hasDialect Portuguese language
this entity surface form: East Timorese Portuguese
Hispano-Romance dialects gaveRiseTo Portuguese language
Hispano-Romance dialects gaveRiseTo Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Old Portuguese
Surinamese Dutch influencedBy Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Maximo usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Extremaduran language isTransitionalBetween Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Extremaduran language hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Currais Novos languageUsedInAdministration Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Central Mirandese hasInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Kumzari language hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Campo Grande officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Campo Grande (Recife)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Mustardinha hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Coelhos hasLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Apipucos hasLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Passarinho hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Barro hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Barro (Recife)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Areias officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Areias (Recife)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Iputinga hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Paulista officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Paulista (Pernambuco)
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Amílcar de Castro (sculptor) languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese language
subject surface form: Amílcar de Castro
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Patos hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Bayeux languageUsed Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese