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Portuguese is spoken in the southwest European country of Portugal. In fact, Portugal is the only country in which the Portuguese language can be said to be native. For it traces its origins back to the long-ago interactions between the Latin language of the ancient Roman conquerors and the ancient languages of the Iberian Peninsula. And so it's from Portugal that the Portugal language has spread to every one of the world's seven continents. And Portugal isn't the only European country where Portuguese is spoken. For Portugal became a member of the European Union, in 1985. Consequently, Portuguese is considered one of the Union languages. And the number of Portuguese speakers is increasing throughout Europe. And so Portuguese speakers can be found in Andorra, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Spain, and Switzerland.

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