| 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 seperate page for Brazillian 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
References
- ↑ U.S. Department of State; FSI's Experience with Language Learning; https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/sls/c78549.htm