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 Definition An Iberian Romance language, of the Indo-European family. [d] [e]
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({{Audio|pt-Portugues.ogg|''português''}})<br>
{{Infobox Language
|name=Portuguese
|nativename=Português
|pronunciation=[puɾtu'geʃ] (European), [poɾtu'ges] (Brazilian)<!-- please discuss before changing -->
|states=[[Angola]], [[Brazil]], [[Portugal]], [[Mozambique]], and several other [[Community of Portuguese Language Countries|CPLP]] countries
|speakers=220 Million people
|rank=5
|familycolor=Indo-European
|fam2=[[Italic languages|Italic]]
|fam3=[[Romance language|Romance]]
|fam4=[[Italo-Western languages|Italo-Western]]
|fam5=Western
|fam6=[[Gallo-Iberian languages|Gallo-Iberian]]
|fam7=[[Ibero-Romance languages|Ibero-Romance]]
|fam8=[[West Iberian languages|West-Iberian]]
|fam9=[[Portuguese-Galician languages|Portuguese-Galician]]
|script=[[Latin alphabet]] ([[Portuguese alphabet|Portuguese variant]])
|nation=[[Angola]], [[Brazil]], [[Cape Verde]], [[East Timor]], [[European Union]], [[Guinea Bissau]], [[Macau|Chinese S.A.R. of Macau]], [[Mozambique]], [[Portugal]], [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]
|agency=[[International Portuguese Language Institute]]; [[CPLP]]
|iso1=pt|iso2=por|iso3=por}}

[[image:Iilp.png|thumb|240px|The International Institute for the Portuguese Language logo depicts Portuguese as a language spoken in the eight corners of the world (the eight independent nations where it has official status).]]
[[image:Iilp.png|thumb|240px|The International Institute for the Portuguese Language logo depicts Portuguese as a language spoken in the eight corners of the world (the eight independent nations where it has official status).]]
[[image:Estação da Luz.jpg|thumb|220px|''Estação da Luz'', site of the museum in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]].]]
[[Image:Portuguese_vowel_chart.png|frame|right|Chart of monophthongs of the Portuguese of Lisbon]]