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Português

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Official Language of the EU
Larger language family: Galician

Speaker Numbers

International Speaker Numbers according to
EGIDS (Ethnologue) Source UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
266 630 410 Site under maintenance (will be updated) Not listed
National Speaker Numbers
Country Language National Speaker Number Bases for Calculation Year Source
France Portuguese 1 469 000 Users 2024
Luxembourg Portuguese 86 600 Users 2021
Portugal Galician 15 000 Users 1994
Portugal Portuguese Approx. 10 300 000 (given, not a census) Speakers 2018
Spain Galician Galician - 2 769 414 (given) Speakers 2021


Endangerment

International Endangerment according to
UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
Site under maintenance (will be updated) Not listed
National Endangerment according to EGIDS (Ethnologue)
Country Language Endangerment Level Source
France Portuguese 5* (Dispersed)
Luxembourg Portuguese 5* (Dispersed)
Portugal Galician 5* (Dispersed)
Portugal Portuguese 1 (National)
Spain Galician 2 (Provincial)
Spain Portuguese 5 (Developing)
Pan-National Official Language in
ECRML-Recognised in
Non-ECRML in

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