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Portuguese is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European family, written in the Latin script. With approximately 267 million native speakers, it is the fifth most spoken native language in the world and the most widely spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker CountEthnologue total figure, 2012-2022. RegionPortugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa, and other Portuguese-speaking territories worldwide 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, located there.
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1. Wikipedia: Portuguese Language
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With approximately 267 million native speakers, it is the fifth-most spoken native language in the world, and the most widely spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere.
1. Wikipedia: Portuguese Language
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1. Wikipedia: Portuguese Language
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267 million (2012-2022)
1. Wikipedia: Portuguese Language
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Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa, and other Portuguese-speaking territories worldwide
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Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Latin > Romance > Italo-Western > Western Romance > Gallo-Iberian > Iberian Romance > West Iberian > Galician-Portuguese > Portuguese
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