Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
101
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46
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National Language
Portugal
Indonesia
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Latin
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How Many People Speak?
231.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.27 %1.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
216.00 million76.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Português
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Português
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
portugais
javanais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)