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Portuguese language (view source)
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'''Portuguese''', also ''português'' or ''língua portuguesa'', is a [[Romance Language]] which origniated in [[Portugal]]. Like all Romance languages, Portugese originated from [[Latin]], and the first known use a distinct Portugese was around 900 AD. Portugese is widely spoken in [[Portugal]], [[Angola]], [[Mozambique]], and [[Brazil]]. It has about 230 million speakers worldwide, making it the seventh most widely spoken language in the world.<ref>[http://www.linguaportuguesa.ufrn.br/ A lingua portuguesa] (in Portugese)</ref>
'''Portuguese''', also ''português'' or ''língua portuguesa'', is a [[Romance Language]] which origniated in [[Portugal]]. Like all Romance languages, Portugese originated from [[Latin]], and the first known use a distinct Portugese was around 900 AD. Portugese is widely spoken in [[Portugal]], [[Angola]], [[Mozambique]], and [[Brazil]]. It has about 230 million speakers worldwide, making it the seventh most widely spoken language in the world.<ref>[http://www.linguaportuguesa.ufrn.br/ A lingua portuguesa] (in Portugese)</ref>
Portuguese is closely related to [[Spanish]]; it looks similar on the page but sounds very different. There are also differences in [[vocabulary]] and [[pronunciation]] between European and South American Portuguese, much as there are between [[American English]] and [[British English]].
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