Portuguese
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Portuguese is an intangible entity associated with Portugal[1]. No further information is available.
Key Facts
- Country: Portugal[3], Brazil[4], Spain[5], Angola[6], Cape Verde[7], Taiwan[8], Timor-Leste[9], Guinea-Bissau[10], Mozambique[11], São Tomé and Príncipe[12], Portuguese Macau[13], Portuguese India[14], People's Republic of China[15], India[16]
- Instance of: modern language[17], spoken language[18]
- Subclass of: Galician–Portuguese[19]
- Writing system: Portuguese alphabet[20], Latin script[21]
- Commons category: Portuguese language[22]
- Wikimedia language code: pt[23]
- Has part(s): European Portuguese[24], Barranquenho[25], Brazilian Portuguese[26], Angolan Portuguese[27], Guinean Portuguese[28], Mozambican Portuguese[29], Cape Verdean Portuguese[30], São Tomean Portuguese[31], Macanese Portuguese[32], East Timorese Portuguese[33], Portuguese language in Goa[34], Q134761929[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Portuguese language[36]
- Language regulatory body: International Portuguese Language Institute[37], Community of Portuguese Language Countries[38], Brazilian Academy of Letters[39], Academy of Sciences of Lisbon[40]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 221,000,000[41], 254,300,000[42], 202,225,450[43], 6,300,000[44]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Wiktionary:About Portuguese[45]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[48]
- Replaces: Galician–Portuguese[49]
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Influence
Things named for Portuguese include Galician–Portuguese[50], a language family[51] and World Portuguese Language Day[52], a world day[53], founded in 2019[54].
Why It Matters
Portuguese has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Portuguese is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Portuguese has been cited as an influence by English[57], a natural language[58], in American Samoa[59]; Indonesian[60], a language[61], in Indonesia[62]; and Llanito[63], a dialect[64], in Gibraltar[65].
Entities named for Portuguese include Galician–Portuguese[50], a language family[51] and World Portuguese Language Day[52], a world day[53], founded in 2019[54].
FAQs
Who did Portuguese influence?
Portuguese has been cited as an influence by English[57], Indonesian[60], and Llanito[63].