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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Santa Cruz do Sul officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Teutônia officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Panambi languageUsed Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Domingos Martins hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Bioko Norte hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Rondônia officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
West Africans speaksLanguage Portuguese language
Rio Muni languageUsed Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Barueri
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Alana usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
city of Faro officialLanguage Portuguese language
subject surface form: Faro
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fanny languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Itsekiri language influencedBy Portuguese language
Rose usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Santa Catarina officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Carlota languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Porco languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Franca officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Taboão da Serra officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Hortolândia hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Assis officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Jales officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Araras hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Jaguariúna officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
San-São languageOfName Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Grace usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Votuporanga officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Santana de Parnaíba officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Catanduva officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Fernanda languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Angelina languageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Rocha hasLanguageOfUse Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Reritiba hasLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Germano usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Taubaté officialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Georgiana hasLanguageUsage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Angrense usedIn Portuguese language
Porto Judeu hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
LPLA languageOfAlternateName Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
PAU hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
PAU hasWorkingLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Miño languageOfAlternativeName Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Indian Ocean contact varieties of Hindi hasContactLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Telma usedInLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Thiago hasOrigin Portuguese language
Marathi–Konkani languages influencedBy Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Raminho hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Ribeirinha hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Lajes do Pico hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese
Angústias hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese language
this entity surface form: Portuguese