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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Indo-European |
| Branch: Romance |
| Continent: Europe |
| Country: Portugal |
| Region: Iberia, Azores, Madeira. Also spoken in 33 other countries including Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, China, Congo, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mozambique. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 10,000,000 in Portugal. Population total all countries 176,000,000 first language speakers (1999 WA), 191,000,000 including second language speakers (1999 WA). Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde Oslands, France, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome e Principe, Timor Lorosae. |
| Countries Where Official: Portugal, Brazil |
| Native Speakers: 176,000,000 |
| Speakers Total: 176,000,000 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 183 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 183 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 249 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 457 |
| Three Letter Code: POR |
| Alternative Names: PORTUGUÊS |
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| Summary: Standard Portuguese of Portugal is based on Southern or Estremenho dialect (Lisbon and Coimbra). Official language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Literacy rate in second language: 83% to 84%. Christian. Bible 1751, in press (1993). |
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