Languages of Portugal
| Languages of Portugal | |
|---|---|
| Official | Portuguese |
| Regional | Mirandese, Barranquenho, Minderico, Algarvean |
| Minority | Caló |
| Foreign | English (35%)[1] Spanish (15%) Italian (2%) |
| Signed | Portuguese Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
| Source | ebs_243_en.pdf (europa.eu) |
The languages of Portugal are Portuguese, Mirandese, Barranquenho, Minderico, and Portuguese Sign Language. Historically, Celtic and Lusitanian were spoken in what is now Portugal.
Modern
Portuguese is practically universal in Portugal, but there are some specificities.
- Dialects of Portuguese in Portugal
- Barranquenho – In the town of Barrancos (in the border between Extremadura, Andalusia and Portugal), a dialect of Portuguese heavily influenced by Spanish is spoken, known as Barranquenho.
- Caló language – spoken by the Romani people in Portugal
- Minderico – a sociolect or argot spoken in Minde, practically extinct
- Mirandese language – A dialect of Astur-Leonese spoken in Miranda do Douro in northeastern Portugal, recognized officially as a minority language in 1999.
- Portuguese Sign Language
Historically
Other languages have been extensively spoken in the territory of modern Portugal:
Pre-Roman languages
Roman, Post-Roman and Medieval languages
See also
References
- ^ "SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER 386 Europeans and their Languages" (PDF). ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-06.
External links
- Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)
- Detailed linguistic map of the Iberian Peninsula
