Portuguese language - Wikipedia
Portuguese (endonym: português or língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
Portuguese language | Origin, History, Grammar, & Speakers
2024年11月19日 · Portuguese language, Romance language that is spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and other Portuguese colonial and formerly colonial territories. Galician, spoken in northwestern Spain, is closely related to Portuguese.
Portuguese language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free …
Portuguese (Portuguese: português) is a Romance language. It came from Galician-Portuguese, which was first spoken in Northwestern Iberia. It then spread south and split. During the colonial era, Portuguese was also spread to Brazil and other parts of the world.
Portuguese language and alphabet - Omniglot
Portuguese is a Western Iberian Romance language spoken by about 300 million people. It is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe, and is a co-official language in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau.
What Languages Are Spoken in Portugal? - WorldAtlas
2017年8月1日 · Portuguese is the country's official language, while English is the second most common language. Portuguese is an Indo-European Romance language and the official language of Portugal. Portuguese is used in several other countries, which have …
Where Did the Portuguese Language Come from? - Duolingo Blog
2023年9月26日 · Portuguese is a Romance language, like Spanish and French, and so it owes its linguistic origins to Latin: There’s evidence of Romans in Iberia—the peninsula that modern-day Portugal shares with Spain, Andorra, and Gibraltar—as early as 218 BC. But Portuguese started long before that!
11 Fascinating Facts About the Portuguese Language - Culture Trip
2017年7月14日 · Not only is it the sixth most spoken language in the world, but it also has a presence on almost all of the continents. Here are some intriguing facts about this amazing language. It is a common misconception that Portuguese is only spoken in Portugal and Brazil.
Portuguese language Facts
Portuguese is spoken by about 250 million people in Portugal, Brazil, and other former Portuguese colonies. It is the eighth most spoken language and the third most spoken European language in the world (after English and Portuguese).
The Portuguese Language — Portuguese Studies - University of Louisville
History and general information regarding the Portuguese language. Portuguese (Português) is a Romance language, spread worldwide in the 15th and 16th centuries as Portugal created the first and the longest lived modern-world colonial and commercial empire (1415-1975).
Portuguese language summary | Britannica
Portuguese language, Romance language spoken by about 170 million people in Portugal, Brazil, and other former Portuguese colonies. The first literary works in Portuguese date from the 13th–14th century. Standard Portuguese is based on the dialect of Lisbon.