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[[File:Detailed SVG map of the Lusophone world.svg|thumb|right|150px|Countries where Portuguese is spoken.]] | |||
'''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.<ref> https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world#:~:text=by%20official%20status.-,1.,255%20million%20total%20speakers </ref> | |||
== Countries where it is spoken == | |||
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.<ref> https://www.lingoda.com/blog/en/what-countries-speak-portuguese/ </ref> | |||
== Pronunciation == | == Pronunciation == | ||
Portuguese is known for the distinctive pronunciation and its nasal sounds. For example, | 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. {{Stub}} | ||
== Geographic distribution == | |||
'''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]]. | |||
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