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.

## Contents

* 1 Modern
* 2 Historically
* 2.1 Pre-Roman languages
* 2.2 Roman, Post-Roman and Medieval languages
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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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Languages of Europe

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* Austria
* Azerbaijan
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* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
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* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
*   * Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Artsakh
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

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other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
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