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- It has been proposed that this page, :Portuguese language, be titled, "Portuguese language".
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, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, and Brazil. It has about 230 million speakers worldwide, making it the seventh most widely spoken language in the world.[1]
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.
References
- ↑ A lingua portuguesa (in Portuguese)