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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: 1,234
Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 1,234
Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 2,229
Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 5,139
  
Three Letter Code: POR
Alternative Names: PORTUGUÊS
Dialects:
 
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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