- Countries and territories where Portuguese is an official or administrative language but not a majority native language.
- I learned Portuguese after having already learned Spanish. In this post I discuss how to learn Portuguese, but first, where is the language spoken mostly?
- Portuguese is an often overlooked language. But, it definitely deserves more credit than it gets. This language is extremely widely spoken and globally important.
- From a tiny corner of the Iberian Peninsula, Portuguese was spread far and wide by the ships of its sea-borne empire.
- There are two main groups of dialects: those of the Iberian peninsula (European Portuguese) and those of Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese).
- In the 16th century, Portugal’s golden age, Galician and Portuguese grew farther apart, with the consolidation of the standard Portuguese language.
- These Portuguese-speaking countries and regions are known as Lusophone (Lusófono) and are part of Lusofonia or the Lusophone World (Mundo Lusófono).
- So, to help you get started, this article introduces you to the basics of the Portuguese language and provides the following information
- Reading this page you can learn the most important facts in the history of Portuguese language that you will need to know when you learn Portuguese language.
- It's recommended to use several methods and resources to learn Portuguese as this will ensure you cover all language skills.
