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Portuguese

Language Portuguese
Language name transliterated português
Language name original script
Distribution Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Cap Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Macau, Timor
Estimated number of speakers worldwide 203m (native)
Language classification Indo-European; Romance
Related to which languages Spanish, Catalan, Italian
Distinctive features in sounds Nasalised vowels
Distinctive features in grammar Words are inflected; subject pronouns can be omitted
Writing system Roman script
Distinctive graphemes á, â, à, ã, ç, é, ê, í, ó, ô õ, ú
Status Official language in Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Angola
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in England & Wales (Census 2011) 133,453
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) 3,620
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester (Census (Census 2011) 1,458
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in Greater Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) 3%
Number of persons identifying as “main language” in City of Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011) 1%
Proficiency in English, self-reported in City of Manchester (Census 2011)* Can speak English very well (49%), Can speak English well (35%), Cannot speak English well (14%), Cannot speak English (2%)
Distribution in City of Manchester (Census 2011) Ancoats and Clayton (114), Ardwick (110), Hulme (88), Cheetham (85), Bradford (80)
Distribution in Greater Manchester (Census 2011) Salford (785), Rochdale (386), Bolton (234)
First language of pupils in Manchester schools (2015) 494
Distribution in City of Manchester schools (2015) St. Peters High school (26), The East Manchester Academy (21), Moston Fields Primary School (15), Wright Robinson College (14), Seymour Road Academy (12), Ravensbury Primary School (12), Cedar Mount Academy (12)
Total interpreter requests in Manchester’s GP practices (2014/2015) 458
Library loans (2012/2013) 14
Library acquisitions (2012/2013) n/a
M-4 interpreter requests (2012/2013) 429
Dialects of the language used in Manchester Brazilian Portuguese, African Portuguese dialects
Other home language common among speakers
Supplementary schools

*Percentages rounded to nearest whole number