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Portuguese In Germany
Portuguese in Germany (german: link=no, Portugiesen in Deutschland) are citizens and residents of Germany who are of Portuguese people, Portuguese descent. Portuguese in Germany (also known as Portuguese Germans/ German Portuguese Community or, in Portuguese language, Portuguese, known as ''Portugueses na Alemanha'' / ''Comunidade portuguesa na Alemanha'' / ''Luso-alemães'') are the citizens or residents of Germany whose ethnic origins lie in Portugal. Portuguese Germans are Portuguese-born citizens with German nationality law, German citizenship or German-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or Portuguese nationality law, citizenship. There are about 245,000 Portuguese people living in Germany as of 2021. They represent 0.29% of the Demographics of Germany, country's population. History Portuguese in Germany have been known since the 16th century. They are now part of the Portuguese diaspora scattered around the world and are generally considered low profile and well integ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
