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The Portuguese-speaking world, also known as the Lusophone World (Mundo Lusófono) or the Lusosphere, comprises the countries and territories in which the Portuguese language is an official, administrative, cultural, or secondary language.
Country Region Population Status India Asia 1,367,703,110 [1]: Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English.Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India.
Portuguese (endonym: português or língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, [6] and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau.
Pages in category "Countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Flags of the members. The Community of Portuguese Language Countries consists of nine member states, [1] which list the Portuguese language as an official language, and only East Timor and Equatorial Guinea list a secondary official language (Tetun and Spanish respectively).
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese: Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa; abbr. : CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Community (Portuguese: Comunidade Lusófona), [1] [2] is an international organization and political association of Lusophone nations across five continents, where Portuguese is an official language.
Its border with Brazil has a mixed Portuguese-speaking presence. [citation needed] Venezuela has declared Spanish the official language, while there are some European and Arabic languages spoken in urban areas, Caribbean English dialects in the Caribbean and indigenous languages spoken in the Guayana department. The prominent additional ...
See also: List of alternative country names Please format entries as follows: for languages written in the Latin alphabet, write " Name (language)", for example, " Afeganistão (Portuguese)", and add it to the list according to English rules of alphabetical order.