| Spoken by: | ? million |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor Macau, China |
| Language family: | Romance |
Portuguese is spoken by about 170 million people, mainly in Portugal and the Portuguese Atlantic islands, Brazil, and Portugal's former overseas provinces in Africa and Asia.
See separate page for Brazilian Portuguese.
Phonology[]
Grammar[]
Ortography[]
Shares common orthography with Brazilian Portuguese since agreement in force from 2012. There are significant differences in pronunciation, and preferred forms.
Common difficulties[]
The Foreign Service Institute has classified Portuguese as a "World" language. It is estimated that learning Portuguese to a Professional Working Proficiency in the language (a score of Speaking-3/Reading-3 on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale) will take an average of 24 weeks (600 class hours).[1]
Resources[]
There is an Foreign Service Institute course for Brazilian Portuguese.
Sublearning - Portuguese to English movie subtitle flash cards
Pimsleur offers courses in Brazilian and European Portuguese.
Duolingo offers a course in Portuguese.
Portuguese Grammar Lessons - Free online Portuguese grammar lessons in six-graduating levels.
References[]
- ↑ U.S. Department of State; FSI's Experience with Language Learning; https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/sls/c78549.htm