Portuguese is used in Portugal, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, São Tomé & Príncipe, Spain, Timor-Leste (East Timor), and many other countries.
Entries below: | European Portuguese (Lisbon) and Brazilian Portuguese: (Bahia, Caipira, Gaucho, Rio de Janeiro, & Saõ Paulo) |
Entries elsewhere: | Daman Indo-Portuguese (Creole), Kristang / Malaccan Creole Portuguese, Sãotomense / Forro (Creole), Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese (Creole), Judeo-Portuguese |
The "standard" Portuguese in Portugal is based on the Estremenho dialect.
1) Qual é o meu quarto?Lisbon pronunciation shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
Language information at Wikipedia
Pronuncian for various Brazilian areas using IPA:
State of Bahia: | City of Rio de Janeiro: | State of Saõ Paulo: |
Language information at Wikipedia
The Caipira dialect of Portuguese is spoken mostly in the countryside in the Brazilian state of Sâo Paulo.
1) Adonde é a minha camarinha?Dialect information at Wikipedia
The Gaucho dialect of Portuguese is used in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
1) Tchê, adonde é o meu canto?Dialect information at Orbis Latinus (in Portuguese)
Writing system information at Omniglot
Portuguese is also called Português
The four essential travel phrases in English: 1) Where is my room? 2) Where is the beach? 3) Where is the bar? 4) Don't touch me there! |
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