Alternate Names: Português
Dialects: Alentejan (Alentejano), Algarvian (Algarvio), Azorean (Açoriano), Beiran (Beirão), Brazilian Portuguese, Estremenho, Madeirese (Madeirense), Minhotan (Minhoto), Transmontan (Transmontano). Standard Portuguese of Portugal based on Estremenho dialect (Lisbon and Coimbra).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,000,000 in Portugal (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 203,349,200.
Language Use: 3,392,000 also use English [eng]. 2,544,000 also use French [fra]. 954,000 also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 83%–84%. Fully developed. Bible: 1751–1995.
Typology: SVO.
Spoken In: São Tomé e Príncipe, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde Islands, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal
Writing System: Braille, Latin
Nation of Origin: Portugal
Other Comments: Christian.