Portuguese language
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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.[1]
References
- ↑ A lingua portuguesa (in Portugese)