0
What is the only country that can be said to have Portuguese as their language?
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
The Portuguese language is spoken on all seven continents. And that statement includes Antarctica. For Portuguese is one of the south polar continents' languages because of the Brazilian scientific presence. But Portuguese is the native language of Portugal. At the coastal edges of southwestern Europe, Portugal is Spain's neighbor in the Iberian Peninsula. And it indeed is back to ancient Iberia that the country's language traces its origins. As a Romance language, Portuguese originates in the long-ago interactions between the Latin language and the ancient languages of the lands that the ancient Romans conquered. In Portugal's case, that interaction sees its consequences in the languages of modern-day Portugal and Spain. And the impact to which Portuguese is one of the linguistic responses may be seen along the southwestern coastal edges of the Iberian Peninsula. It also may be possible to say that Portuguese is one of the native languages of Spain. For example, Portuguese is classified as a member of the Galician-Portuguese group, within the Romance family of languages that are spoken today in Portugal and Spain. Galician is spoken in the northwestern Spanish province of Galicia. And even with Portugal's founding in 869 and independence on July 25, 1139 from Spain, there have always been Galician and Portuguese speakers on both sides of the border. And it also may be possible to say that Portuguese is the native language of the African islands of Sao Tome and Principe. For the uninhabited islands were discovered by the Portuguese navigators, and then settled as one of Portugal's colonies. And so Portuguese is the first known spoken and written language of both islands.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
In which European countries is Portuguese spoken?
Portuguese is mainly spoken in Portugal and in parts of Spain, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Andorra. It is also spoken in several former Portuguese colonies in Africa, Asia, and South America.
How to say help me to learn your language in Portuguese?
To say "help me" in Portuguese you would say "me ajude". This is said in many different languages.
What language is obrigado?
"Obrigado" is a Portuguese word that means "thank you" when said by a male speaker.
Do Brazillians speak Portuguese?
Yes, the official language spoken in Brazil is Portuguese.
What is does seu mean in spanish?
The word "seu" does not have a corresponding translation in Spanish. It does, however, mean "its" in the Portuguese language.
How do you say our country in abaluya language?
The English words 'our country' is said as "eshialo shiefuu" in Abaluhya language.
How is uncle said in portuguese?
"Uncle" in Portuguese is said as "tio."
What country or language did the last name Cisneros come from?
the word cisneros means bravery comes from the roman language. only the best warriors were said two have this name.
What types of languages are there in Portugal?
Two countries where Portuguese is the major offcial language are the Latin American country of Brazil, and the southern European country of Portugal. The former has the world's largest Portuguese-speaking population. The latter is the original source for the spread of the Portuguese language throughout the world.
What language family does Papiamento belong to?
Being a Portuguese-based Creole, Papiamento could be considered a Romance language (and hence an Indo-European language). That said, it also has lots of Niger-Congo, Germanic and Arawakan influence.
What sort of populations speaks Portuguese?
In Portugal, Portuguese is the most widely known, spoken and understood language in the Republic. So it's spoken by the full range of socio-economic populations. What differentiates the status of speakers in the Republic therefore isn't the use of Portuguese. For Portuguese is the country's official, and native, language. Instead, what signals higher status isn't just knowledge, but fluency, in a non-native language, such as English.The same may be said of Angola, Brazil, and of Sao Tome and Principe. For Portuguese is the official, and the most widely spoken, language in these former Portuguese colonies. In fact, it's a transplanted language whose naturalization is a success story. Like Portugal, therefore, it's spoken by the full range of socio-economic populations. Thus, something other than Portuguese, such as fluency in one of the world's major languages, signals higher status.But the situation is different in other former Portuguese colonies in Africa, and in Asia. For Portuguese still is the official language in Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique. It still is the official language in the Asian countries of Macau and East Timor. But it shares that status with Chinese in the case of the former, and with Tetum in the case of the latter. Regardless, speaking Portuguese in these former colonies tends to overlap with being more Europeanized, and holding higher socio-economic status.Elsewhere, Portuguese speaking communities tend to be smaller, and more scattered, in Australia, Europe, and North America. In these cases, the communities tend to be less diverse in socio-economic status. For they're located abroad, because of underemployment or unemployment at home; or because of study; prestigious job offers in diplomacy; education; international business; research; or science. For example, a Portuguese speaking community in Massachusetts may be made up only of former Portuguese fishers or workers. And a Portuguese speaking community in northern Virginia may be made up only of Brazilian and Portuguese Embassy staff members in D.C.
How do you say excuse me in Portuguese?
In Portuguese, "excuse me" is said as "com licença."
