Portuguese Language

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Portuguese ( portugu s (help-info) or l ngua portuguesa) is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095 (kingdom from 1139). While Galicia declined, the independent Portugal expanded to the south (conquest of Lisbon, 1147), and spread the language, with the Reconquista, to Southern Portugal and with the Portuguese discoveries to Brazil, Africa and other parts of the world. It is an official language of the European Union, the Organisation of American States, the African Union, and Lusophone countries. It has around 225 million speakers making it the sixth-most spoken language in the world. Portuguese is the third-most spoken language in the Western Hemisphere, and the most spoken in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5511086169
• ISBN13: 9785511086163
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"