Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India
Total No. Of Countries
101
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46
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National Language
Portugal
India
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
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
Latin
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How Many People Speak?
231.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.27 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
216.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Português
Tulu
Alternative Names
Português
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
portugais
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German Name
Portugiesisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Tuluva