Where is Portuguese spoken?

Answer 1

Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Guine-Bissau, Sao Tome & Principe, Cabo Verde (Cape Verd)

America: Brazil

Asia: Macau (now part of China again), Goa, East Timor

Europe: Portugal

Other: Azores,
Brazil And Portugal
Portuguese is the official language of 10 countries:

1. Portugal [República Portuguesa].

2. Brazil [República Federativa do Brasil].

3. East Timor [República Democrática de Timor-Leste]

4. Macau [Região Administrativa Especial de Macau].

5. Equatorial Guinea [República da Guiné Equatorial].

It's the only official language of the other five countries:

6. Angola [República de Angola];

7. Cape Verde [República de Cabo Verde];

8. Guinea-Bissau [República da Guiné-Bissau];

9. Mozambique [República de Moçambique]; and

10. São Tomé and Príncipe [República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe].

Answer:

Portugal is the only country that speaks Portuguese. [This is wrong].

However throughout the world there are Portuguese communities.

One such community is the iron bound section in Newark New Jersey.

Portugese is similar to spanish just as is French,Italian and Spanish these languages all derived from Latin and are very similar.
Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Equatorial, Sao Tome and Principe
Portugal, Brazil, Timor Lorosae, some regions in Indonesia, China and India, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guine-Bissau, São Tomé e Princípe, ...

China (restricting it to Macau), and not to forget in the former Portuguese enclave in India (Goa), some people still manage basic Portuguese but they are fast disappearing. But one bookshop in Goa still sells some Portuguese books. It is also the national language of the Azores and Madeira.

Portuguese is the official and first language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe. It is also one of the official languages of Equatorial Guinea (with Spanish and French), East Timor (with Tetum), Macau (with Chinese) and the gabonese-equatoguinean city of Cocobeach (with French and Spanish).

Uruguay gave Portuguese an equal status to Spanish in its educational system at the north border with Brazil. In the rest of the country it's taught as an obligatory subject beginning by the 6th grade. [13]

It is widely spoken, though not official, in Andorra, Luxembourg, Paraguay, South Africa, and Namibia.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_distribution_of_Portuguese

Portuguese is the Official language in: Portugal, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Macau, Mozambique, Sao Tome e Principe.
AS A MAJORITY/OFFICIAL/NATIONAL:

Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Sao Tome and Princpe, Bissau-Guinea, East Timor

AS A MINORITY:

China (Macau), Venezuela, Argentina, Spain (by the Portguese community)

Portuguese is the Official language in: Portugal, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Macau, Mozambique, Sao Tome e Principe.

Portugal and Brazil are two main known countries that speak Portuguese as a national language. However, the African country of Angola also uses Portuguese as an official language along with African dialects. Just like Mexico uses Spanish while indegenous people still speak their own dialects. Portuguese is also an official language in East Timor in Southeast Asia. A tiny little country, surrounded by the Indonesian islands. Portuguese is also the official langauges of São Tomé and Príncipe and Mozambique.

So here are the list of countries where Portuguese is the national (or an official) languages of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, East Timor, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Mozambique.
Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Macau, S. Tome e Principe and Cape Verde
The following countries have Portuguese, not Spanish, as an official language:

Portugal

Brazil

Angola

Mozambique

Guinea-Bissau

Equatorial Guinea

Cape Verde

São Tomé and Príncipe

Timor-Leste

A dependency of China (Macau) also has Portuguese as an official language.
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Cape Verde

East Timor

Guinea-Bissau

Macau

Mozambique

Portugal

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Answer 2

Portuguese is the official language of ten countries.

1. In Europe it's the official language of Portugal[República Portuguesa].

2. In South America it's the official language of Brazil[República Federativa do Brasil].

3. In Asia Portuguese shares official language status with Tetum [Austronesian native language] in East Timor [República Democrática de Timor-Leste] and with Chinese in Macau [Região Administrativa Especial de Macau].

4. Portuguese is the official language of six African countries. It shares official language status with French and Spanish in Equatorial Guinea [República da Guiné Equatorial].

It's the only official language of the other five countries:

Angola [República de Angola];

Cape Verde [República de Cabo Verde];

Guinea-Bissau [República da Guiné-Bissau];

Mozambique [República de Moçambique]; and

São Tomé and Príncipe [República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe].

Answer 3

Portuguese is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It is also spoken in parts of Asia (Macau, East Timor) and by diaspora communities around the world.

Answer 4

Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Equatorial, Sao Tome and Principe