Editing Demographics of Portugal (section)

== Languages ==
{{main|Portuguese language}}
[[File:Portugal portuguese dialects.png|thumb|Map of Portuguese language dialects in Portugal.]]
The main language spoken as first language by the overwhelming majority of the population is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Union |first=Publications Office of the European |date=2013-06-20 |title=Europeans and their languages : special Eurobarometer. 386, June 2012. |url=http://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/f551bd64-8615-4781-9be1-c592217dad83 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=op.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref> 
Other autochthonous languages spoken include:
* ''Caló'' (''see also [[Caló language]]''), the language of the [[Romani people in Portugal|Portuguese-Romani community]]. There are about 52,000 Romani people in Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Portugal |first=Rádio e Televisão de |title=Mais de 95% da etnia cigana em Portugal vive abaixo do limiar da pobreza |url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/mais-de-95-da-etnia-cigana-em-portugal-vive-abaixo-do-limiar-da-pobreza_a1442067 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Mais de 95% da etnia cigana em Portugal vive abaixo do limiar da pobreza |date=25 October 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
* ''Mirandês'' (''see also [[Mirandese language]]''), officially recognised as an official language.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Portuguesa |first=Observatório da Língua |date=2021-07-31 |title=A língua mirandesa é língua oficial em Portugal desde 1999. |url=https://observalinguaportuguesa.org/80760-2/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Observatório da Língua Portuguesa |language=pt-PT}}</ref> It enjoys special protection in the area of [[Miranda do Douro]]. As of today, there are about 15,000 people who speak the language (0.14%).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-05-31 |title=Língua Mirandesa |url=https://ctmad.pt/lingua-mirandesa/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Casa de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro de Lisboa |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=SAPO |title=Têm menos de 20 anos e sentem-se mais livres por falar mirandês |url=https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/tem-20-anos-e-sentem-se-mais-livres-por-falar-mirandes |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=SAPO 24 |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Assim se fala o mirandês |url=https://tvi.iol.pt/noticias/videos/assim-se-fala-o-mirandes/607827a20cf277cf82c19a2e |access-date=2023-05-11 |language=pt}}</ref>
* ''Barranquenhu (see also [[Barranquenho]])'', spoken in the town of [[Barrancos]] (in the border between [[Extremadura]], [[Andalusia]] and [[Portugal]]). As of today, there are about 3,000 speakers of the language (0.03%).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodrigues |first=Elisabete |date=2020-02-07 |title=O Barranquenho quer ser a 3ª língua oficial de Portugal |url=https://alentejo.sulinformacao.pt/2020/02/o-barranquenho-quer-ser-a-3a-lingua-oficial-de-portugal/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Sul Informação |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
* [[Minderico]] – a [[sociolect]] or [[argot]] spoken in [[Minde, Alcanena|Minde]], practically extinct. There are about 150 speakers left<ref>{{Cite web |title=A luta de Vera Ferreira para salvar o minderico |url=https://omirante.pt/entrevista/2021-01-06-A-luta-de-Vera-Ferreira-para-salvar-o-minderico |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=O MIRANTE {{!}} A luta de Vera Ferreira para salvar o minderico. |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vicente |first=Manuel Fernandes |date=17 August 2009 |title=Minderico renasce com apoio da Volkswagen a línguas ameaçadas |url=https://www.publico.pt/2009/08/17/local/noticia/minderico-renasce-com-apoio-da-volkswagen-a-linguas-ameacadas-1396430 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt}}</ref>
* [[Portuguese Sign Language]], the official language for the deaf community in Portugal. There are about 30,000 deaf people (0.29%) in Portugal who use the language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Língua Gestual Portuguesa (LGP) |url=https://apsurdos.org.pt/?page_id=3725 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Associação Portuguesa de Surdos |language=pt-PT}}</ref> Interestingly, the first [[teacher]] of [[deaf-mute]]s in [[France]] was Portuguese-Jew [[Jacob Rodrigues Pereira]].