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Former Portuguese colonies are found among the countries of Africa, America, and Asia. In Africa, the former Portuguese colonies include Angola, Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe. In the Americas, the South American country of Brazil is a former Portuguese colony. And in Asia, the Portuguese colonized parts of China, India, and Indonesia. For Daman, Diu, and Goa were organized as Portuguese India. And the Portuguese settled on the part of the Indonesian island that now is called East Timor, and in Macau on the Chinese mainland.
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What South American country today has Portuguese as its national language reflecting its colonial history?
Brazil is the South American country that has Portuguese as its national language, reflecting its colonial history as a former colony of Portugal.
Which Portuguese colony was captured in 1559?
Diu, a Portuguese colony in present-day India, was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1559.
What are four countries that speak Portuguese?
Four countries that speak Portuguese are Portugal, whose navigators and explorers made the language known to the rest of the world; the former Asian colony of Macau, where the official languages are Chinese and Portuguese; and the former African colony of Guinea-Bissau, and the former South American colony of Brazil, both of which keep Portuguese as their official languages.
Where is Portuguese the official language?
Answer #1 Portugal. This is the most south-western country in Europe. Answer #2 Portuguese is the official language of Portugal, and of former Portuguese colonies in Africa, Asia, and South America. In Africa, Portuguese is the official language of the former Portuguese colonies, and now independent nations of Angola, Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe. Additionally, it shares official language status with Spanish and French in Equatorial Guinea. In Asia, Portuguese is the official language in the former colony of Macau, where it shares that status with Chinese; and in the former colony of East Timor, where it shares that status with Tetum. And in South America, Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, which is the continent's largest country.
What is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas?
Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas.
What South American country speaks Portuguese and why do they speak that language?
Portuguese is spoken in Brazil because Brazil was once a colony of Portugal.
Was Brazil once a Portuguese country?
Brazil was colonized by Portugal, and became Portugal's Colony until 1822, when the indenpendence was declared.
What countries was once a portoguese colony Brazil or cuba?
Brazil is the answer. It was once a Portuguese colony and referred to as Colonial Brazil.
What country was a former portuguese colony in the West Indies?
None.
Was Siam a Portuguese colony?
No, Siam was not a Portuguese colony. The southeast Asian country was the precursor to the modern Thailand. It never was the direct colony of any of the colonial empires between the sixteenth and the twentieth centuries.
What was the country of which Indochina was once a colony?
France was the country that once ruled Indochina.
Is the Republic of Guinea a French or Portuguese colony?
The Republic of Guinea is not a colony; it is an independent country. It is is FORMER French colony, but it has been independent since 1958.
Which country's primary culture is Portuguese?
Of course there is Portugal itself, and Brazil. Brazil was a Colony of Portugal starting in 1500. That is why it has a Portuguese culture.
What is the administrative region of china once a portuguese colony that lies on the pearl river delta?
macao
Was Gambia in Africa once a portuguese colony?
Kind of. The Portuguese claimed the Gambia as their possession in the 1500's, but in 1588 they sold the trade rights to England.
What country was once a colony of the Netherlands's?
Indonesia
What country was once a European colony?
Brazil
