Countries
Indonesia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
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Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
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Latin
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million231.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.25 %3.27 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
76.00 million216.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
82.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
basa Jawa
Português
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Português
French Name
javanais
portugais
German Name
Javanisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Portuguese people or portugueses