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| | Read about Portuguese language at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Portuguese language and learn about Portuguese ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Portuguese sometimes appears closer to French and Catalan than Spanish does, due to the occurrence of nasalization in both French and Portuguese, and due to certain sound changes (for example, diphthongization of low-mid stressed vowels, aspiration of /f/, devoicing of sibilants, and change of intervocalic [ʎ] to [ʒ]) that set off Spanish from the others. |
 | | Portuguese is spoken by about 187 million people in South America, 16 million Africans, 12 million Europeans, 2 million in North America and 0.25 million in Asia. |
 | | The table "Portuguese language countries and territories" includes countries where the Portuguese language is official and while not official, where it is spoken by more than 0,5% of the population. |
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