Portuguese (African)

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African Portuguese - What you need to know

Name and Language Code: Portuguese – PT
Alternate Names: Português
Family: Indo-European – Italic – Romance – Italo-Western – Western – Gallo-Iberian – Ibero-Romance – West Iberian – Portuguese - Galician
Est. number of speakers: 14,000,000
Countries Official: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe
Prevalent Countries: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe

Prevalent Countries

Angola Angola
Cape Verde Cape Verde
Mozambique Mozambique
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe

Did you know?

# The five Portuguese speaking African countries form the Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOP). They work together with Portugal, the European Union and the United Nations to promote the development and preservation of Portuguese culture throughout Africa.