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Portuguese
Language of Portugal and Brazil
The famous Iguazu waterfalls in Brazil
Interesting facts about the
Portuguese language
- Portuguese is the official language of 9 countries on 4 continents.
- Most Portuguese native speakers live in Brazil (190 million), Portugal (10 million), some African countries (16 million) and East Timor in Asia (about 200,000).
- Also, 12% of the inhabitants of Luxembourg and 4% of the people in France are native speakers of Portuguese.
- Portuguese and Spanish are so similar that with some practice Portuguese people can understand Spanish and Spanish people can understand Portuguese.
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