Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
China
Total No. Of Countries
101
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46
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National Language
Portugal
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Latin
Gokturk Language