Languages Of Portugal

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The languages of Portugal are Portuguese, Mirandese, Barranquenho, Minderico, and Portuguese Sign Language. Historically, Celtic and Lusitanian were spoken in what is now Portugal.

Modern

Portuguese is practically universal in Portugal, but there are some specificities.

Portuguese dialects of Portugal
  • Dialects of Portuguese in Portugal
    • Alentejan Portuguese
    • Algarvian Portuguese[1]
    • Azorean Portuguese (micaelense)
    • Beiran Portuguese
    • Estremaduran Portuguese
    • Northern Portuguese (interâmnico)
    • Madeiran Portuguese[2]
  • Barranquenho – In the town of Barrancos (in the border between Extremadura, Andalusia and Portugal), a pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish is spoken, known as Barranquenho.
  • Caló language – spoken by the Romani people in Portugal
  • Minderico – a sociolect or argot spoken in Minde, practically extinct
  • Mirandese language – A dialect of Astur-Leonese spoken in Miranda do Douro in northeastern Portugal, recognized officially as a minority language in 1999.
  • Portuguese Sign Language

In addition, it is estimated that 42.8% of Portuguese adults (aged 18-64) spoke English, 15.4% spoke French and 10.6% spoke Spanish as foreign languages as of 2016.[1]

Historically

Other languages have been extensively spoken in the territory of modern Portugal:

Pre-Roman languages

Main page: Social:Paleohispanic languages
Pre-Roman languages of Iberia c. 200 BC.
  • Proto-Celtic & Celtic languages
    • Celtiberian language
    • Gallaecian language
  • Tartessian language
  • Lusitanian language

Roman, Post-Roman and Medieval languages

  • Arabic language
    • Andalusi Arabic
    • Classical Arabic
  • Berber languages
  • Germanic languages
    • Gothic language
    • Suebi language
    • Vandalic language
  • Latin language
    • Vulgar Latin
      • Iberian Romance languages
        • Galician-Portuguese
        • Astur-Leonese
          • Mirandese language
        • Mozarabic languages
        • Judeo-Romance languages
          • Judeo-Portuguese
  • Scythian languages
    • Alanic language

See also

  • Iberian languages
  • Languages of Spain
  • Iberian Romance languages

References

  1. ↑ "Portugueses falam cada vez mais (e melhor) línguas estrangeiras" (in pt-PT). 2017-12-15. https://www.dn.pt/portugal/portugal-e-pais-da-ue-com-maior-aumento-de-adultos-a-falar-linguas-estrangeiras-8987820.html. 

External links

  • Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)
  • Detailed linguistic map of the Iberian Peninsula



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