Portuguese language

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Portuguese
português
Pronunciation	[puɾtuˈɣeʃ] (EP) [poʁtuˈɡes][1] (BP)
Native to	Portugal, Brazil
Native speakers	215 million (2010)[2]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Ibero-Romance West Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese
Early form	Medieval Galician
Writing system	Latin (Portuguese alphabet) Portuguese Braille
Official status
Official language in	9 countries Angola Brazil Cape Verde East Timor Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Portugal São Tomé and Príncipe 1 dependency Macau (China) Many international organisations
Regulated by	International Portuguese Language Institute Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazil) Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras (Portugal) CPLP
Language codes
ISO 639-1	pt
ISO 639-2	por
ISO 639-3	por
Linguasphere	51-AAA-a
Native language   Official and administrative language   Cultural or secondary language
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Portuguese (Portuguese: português) is a Romance language. It came from Galician-Portuguese, which was first spoken in Northwestern Iberia. It then spread south and split. During the colonial era, Portuguese was also spread to Brazil and other parts of the world.

1. ↑ Regional pronunciation in Brazil:
   [po̞χtuˈɡeɕ ~ puxtuˈgeɕ] (BP-florianopolitano), (BP-fluminenseii)5
   [poɾtuˈɡes] (BP-paulistano), (BP-curittiban Ftt5to), (BP-catarinense),
   [poɹtuˈɡejs] (BP-cttkaipira), (BP-sulista, colloquial), (BP-sertanejo),
   [po̞χtuˈɡes ~ po̞htuˈɡes] (BP-capixaba), (BP-mineiro), (BP-brasiliense),
   [pɔχtuˈɡejs] (BP-nordestino), (BP-baiano), (BP-nortista), [po̞ɾtuˈɡes] (BP-gaúcho), (riverense portuñol).
   In this discussion of a female politician from Alagoas state it is possible to notice that the "r" in this position is an [h] sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKoGPP0ntz0
2. ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2010" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010