Draft:Portuguese language
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Portuguese (Portuguese: português or língua portuguesa) is a western Romance language. More than 260 million people speak Portuguese, 236 million people speak Portuguese as a native language, and 27 million people speaks Portuguese as its second language.[1]
Countries where it is spokenEdit
It is spoken in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It's also a co-official language in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. And is also the 8th most popular language of the world.[2]
PronunciationEdit
Portuguese is known for the distinctive pronunciation and its nasal sounds. For example, "c" sounds like "k," "ch" sounds like "ch". European and Brazilian Portuguese have different sounds, for example, the letter "s" at the end of a word is pronounced as "sh" in European Portuguese and as "s" in Brazilian Portuguese. The pronunciation can vary depending on the region.
Geographic distributionEdit
Portuguese population in South America as 200,000,000, Portuguese population in Africa is 30,000,000, Portuguese population in Europe is 15,000,000, and 0.33 million people in Asia and Oceania.