Native language and official
Official and administrative language
The following is a list of the nine sovereign states and one territory where Portuguese is an official language.
Sovereign states[edit]
Angola
Brazil (see Brazilian Portuguese)
Cape Verde
Timor-Leste (co-official with Tetum; 51,800 L1 speakers as of 2007)[1][2]
Equatorial Guinea (co-official with Spanish and French)
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
Territory[edit]
See also[edit]
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
- Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers
- List of international organisations which have Portuguese as an official language
- Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)
- Latin America
- Latin Europe
- World Portuguese Language Day
References[edit]
- ^ "East Timor drowns in language soup". Reuters. 22 April 2007.
- ^ "Search results". www.google.com. [better source needed]
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