Ethnologue 14 report for language code:POR

PORTUGUESE: a language of Portugal

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: POR

ISO 639-1: pt

ISO 639-2: por

Population

10,000,000 in Portugal. Population total all countries 176,000,000 first language speakers (1999 WA), 191,000,000 including second language speakers (1999 WA).

Region

Iberia, Azores, Madeira. Also spoken in 33 other countries including Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, China, Congo, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mozambique.

Alternate names

PORTUGUÊS

Dialects

BEIRA, GALICIAN, MADEIRA-AZORES, ESTREMENHO, BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE.

Classification

Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician.

Comments

Standard Portuguese of Portugal is based on Southern or Estremenho dialect (Lisbon and Coimbra). Official language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Literacy rate in second language: 83% to 84%. Christian. Bible 1751, in press (1993).

Also spoken in:

Angola

Language name	PORTUGUESE
Population	57,600 in Angola (1993).
Comments	Official language. Bible 1751, in press (1993). See main entry under Portugal.

Brazil

Language name	PORTUGUESE
Population	158,000,000 in Brazil (1997 UBS).
Comments	National language. Literacy rate in first language: 71%. Christian, spiritism. Bible 1751-1996. See main entry under Portugal.

Cape Verde Islands

Language name	PORTUGUESE
Comments	Official language. Bible 1751, in press (1993). See main entry under Portugal.

France

Language name	PORTUGUESE
Population	750,000 in France (1989 National Geographic).
Comments	Literacy rate in second language: Relatively low. Bible 1751, in press (1993). See main entry under Portugal.

Guinea-Bissau

Language name	PORTUGUESE
Comments	Official language. Bible 1751, in press (1993). See main entry under Portugal.

Mozambique

Language name	PORTUGUESE
Population	30,000 or more in Mozambique (1998 SIL), 27% speak it as second language (1980 census).
Comments	Official language. Bible 1751, in press (1993). See main entry under Portugal.

São Tomé e Principe

Language name	PORTUGUESE
Population	2,580 in São Tomé (1993).
Comments	Used by many people as their primary language until their late 20s, when they become more active in São Tomense society, and relearn São Tomense, the language of social networks above age 30. Used as a second language by some people. Official language. Bible 1751, in press (1993). See main entry under Portugal.

Timor Lorosae

Language name	PORTUGUESE
Alternate names	PORTUGUÊS
Comments	Probably 2% of the population from Timor Lorosae worldwide can function in it, including about 9,000 people living overseas. Dictionary. Grammar. Christian. Bible 1751, in press (1993). See main entry under Portugal.