Countries
Total No. Of Countries
National Language
Second Language
Speaking Continents
Minority Language
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Interesting Facts
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Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
- 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.
Spanish and Galician Languages
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.