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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Litoral officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Suriname creoles influencedBy Portuguese language
Suriname creoles lexiconSource Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Pemon language hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Kuikuro language hasLoanInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Hispanic diaspora hasLinguisticTie Portuguese language
Niterói officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tiriyó language contactLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Martin hasLanguageOfOrigin Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
George (given name) hasLanguageOfUse Portuguese language
subject surface form: George
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Valentina usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Perestrelo family language Portuguese language
Patamona language usedAlongside Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Indian Ocean French Creole influencedBy Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Vila Real officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Azinhal hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Patrick usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Kemak language usedAlongside Portuguese language
Tokodede language lexicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
Mauricio languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Luciana hasLanguageOfUse Portuguese language
Setúbal officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Aveiro officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Valeriano hasUsage Portuguese language
Riaba languageUsedInCountry Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Bernardo usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Magé languageUsedInAdministration Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Rio Grande do Sul hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Timoteo usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Arthur languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Marta (Spanish) usedInLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Marta
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Jordan usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Beloi languageUsed Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Leona hasLanguageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tutuala officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Horizontina officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tamara usedIn Portuguese language
Passabe hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Tupian languages historicalContactLanguage Portuguese language
Copa do Brasil officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Lorena officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Liliana languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Yanito hasComponentLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fiscal, Amares, Portugal hasLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Fiscal
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Não Entres Tão Depressa Nessa Noite Escura hasTitleLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Riograndenser Hunsrückisch hasInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
Blumenau officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Joinville officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Joinville languageSpoken Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Pomerode officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese