Countries
Indonesia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
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46
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National Language
Indonesia
Portugal
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Malay language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Latin