Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Turkey, Uzbekistan
Total No. Of Countries
102
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46
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National Language
Portugal
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Derived From
Latin
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How Many People Speak?
231.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.27 %0.39 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
216.00 million26.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million32.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Português
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Alternative Names
Português
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
portugais
ouszbek
German Name
Portugiesisch
Usbekisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[oʻzbek]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Uzbek