Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
102
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Middle East
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Latin
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Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Brazil
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Portugal
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
4,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
263
0
188
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