Portuguese language
Portuguese português Pronunciation [puɾtuˈɣeʃ] , [poʁtuˈɡes] Native to Primarily Portugal and Brazil, and other Lusophone countries Ethnicity Portuguese, Luso-Asians, Luso-Africans, Brazilians Native speakers 220 million (2016) [1] Total (L1 plus L2): 265 million (2016) [2] Language family Indo-European Italic Romance Western Romance Ibero-Romance West Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese Early form Old Portuguese (Galician-Portuguese) Writing system Latin (Portuguese alphabet) Portuguese Braille Signed forms Manually coded Portuguese Official status Official language in 9 countries Angola Brazil Cape Verde East Timor Equatorial Guinea [3] Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Portugal São Tomé and Príncipe 1 dependency Macau Cultural language Goa (India) Daman and Diu (India) ...