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In this video, we will take a look at the European and Brazilian Portuguese Language and its features. We will see that it is spoken in Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Portugal, Sao Tomé and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde and in many more places. It even has an Organization of Portuguese Speaking Countries called CPLP, which stands for Comunidade dos Países de Lingua Portuguesa or in English: Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, and we will talk about the grammar features that distinguish it from Spanish.
Furthermore we will see that it comes from the old language of Galician-Portuguese and was originally brought there by Roman settlers and colonists. The longest word in Portuguese is anticonstitucionalissimamente. Only 5% of the total Portuguese Speakers actually live in Portugal. The vast majority lives in Brazil, Angola and Mozambique.
We will also find out the differences between Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese.
Have you ever wondered what crazy facts there could be about Portuguese? Have a look at this article!

10. Portuguese is the 6th most spoken language in the world!
9. Only 5% of Portuguese speakers live in Portugal
8. There exist significant differences between European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese
7. Until 2009, the letters k, y, and w simply did not exist in Portuguese writing
6. Portuguese was officially declared a language in 1290
5. There exists an organization of Portuguese Speaking Countries called CPLP
4. Until 1990, Brazil and Portugal spelled many words differently
3. The longest word in Portuguese has got 29 letters
2. Portuguese is easy to learn for English speakers
1. Portuguese is severely different from Spanish and not intelligible to Spanish Speakers

Special Thanks go to my Portuguese professor : Muito obrigado senhor da Silva!

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