Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
102
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National Language
Portugal
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Latin
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