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Portuguese is the most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Brazil accounts for about 210 million of the world's Portuguese speakers.

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Portuguese and Spanish share about 89% lexical similarity.

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Script: latin Direction: Left to Right Latin alphabet with accents (a, a, e, o), tilde (a, o), and cedilla (c)

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O portugues e uma lingua de exploradores, poetas e sonhadores.

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Portuguese Learning FAQ

Portuguese is a Category I language for English speakers, requiring approximately 600-750 hours. Its similarity to Spanish and other Romance languages accelerates learning, especially if you already know a related language.
Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese differ in pronunciation, some vocabulary, and certain grammar structures. Brazilian Portuguese tends to be more open and melodic, while European Portuguese is more closed in pronunciation.
Portuguese features nasal vowels, the personal infinitive (unique among Romance languages), the saudade concept (deep longing), and a complex system of verb conjugations including the future subjunctive.
Portuguese connects you with 260+ million speakers across 9 countries. Brazil is a major global economy, and Portuguese-speaking Africa is rapidly growing. It is also one of the fastest-growing languages on the internet.