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=== Portugal === [[File:Portugal portuguese dialects.png|thumb|Portugal's Portuguese dialects]] [[File:AngolaLanguageMap.png|thumb|Map of Angola 2024 - native majority Portuguese speakers]] [[File:Portuguese as a Native Language in Mozambique - Proportion of Speakers.png|thumb|Portuguese as a Native Language in Mozambique - Proportion of Speakers]] [[File:Edificio de Correos y Telégrafos, Macao, 2013-08-08, DD 03.jpg|thumb|right|The main [[post office]] building of [[Macau]]]] {{Pie chart |caption = Percentage of worldwide Portuguese speakers per country (c. 2023)<ref name="Publico25">{{cite web | last=Sanches | first=Andreia | last2=Mendonç | first2=tia | last3=Moreira | first3=Cristiana Faria | last4=Gó | first4=Gabriela | last5=Pedro | first5=Gabriela | title=A língua portuguesa no mundo | website=PÚBLICO | date=2025-03-04 | url=https://www.publico.pt/2025/03/04/infografia/lingua-portuguesa-mundo-854 | language=pt | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref> |value1=80.1 |label1=Brazil |color1=#009440 |value2=9.0 |label2=Angola |color2=Black |value3=5.9 |label3=Mozambique |color3=#FCCF03 |value4=4.1 |label4=Portugal |color4=#FF0000 |value5=0.9 |label5= Others |color5=Blue }} # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som69.html ''Micaelense (Açores)''] (São Miguel) – [[Azores]]. # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som40.html ''Alentejano''] – [[Alentejo]] ([[Alentejan Portuguese]]), with the [[Oliventine Portuguese|Oliventine]] subdialect. # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som44.html ''Algarvio''] – [[Algarve]] (there is a particular dialect in a small part of western Algarve). # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som1.html ''Minhoto''] – Districts of [[Braga]] and Viana do Castelo (hinterland). # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som49.html ''Beirão''; ''Alto-Alentejano''] – Central Portugal (hinterland). # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som9.html ''Beirão''] – Central Portugal. # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som22.html ''Estremenho''] – Regions of [[Coimbra]] and [[Lisbon]] (this is a disputed denomination, as Coimbra and is not part of "Estremadura", and the Lisbon dialect has some peculiar features that are not only not shared with that of Coimbra, but also significantly distinct and recognizable to most native speakers from elsewhere in Portugal). # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som60.html ''Madeirense''] (Madeiran) – [[Madeira]]. # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som14.html ''Portuense''] – Regions of the district of [[Porto]] and parts of [[Aveiro, Portugal|Aveiro]]. # [[File:Loudspeaker.svg|11px]] [http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/som6.html ''Transmontano''] – [[Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro]]. [[File:Uso dos pronomes de segunda pessoa no Brasil.svg|thumb|The status of second person pronouns in Brazil: {{col-begin}} {{legend|#A40000|Near exclusive use of {{lang|pt|você}} (greater than 96%)}} {{legend|#5B4FDE|Decidedly predominant use of {{lang|pt|tu}} (greater than 80%), but with near exclusive third person ({{lang|pt|você}}-like) verbal conjugation.}} {{legend|#590000|50-50 {{lang|pt|você}}/{{lang|pt|tu}} variation, with {{lang|pt|tu}} being nearly always accompanied by third person ({{lang|pt|você}}-like) verbal conjugation.}} {{legend|#00C4DC|Decidedly predominant to near exclusive use of {{lang|pt|tu}} (76% to 95%) with reasonable frequency of second person ({{lang|pt|tu}}-like) verbal conjugation.}} {{legend|#85C700|Balanced você/tu distribution, being {{lang|pt|tu}} exclusively accompanied by third person ({{lang|pt|você}}-like) verbal conjugation.}} {{legend|#006700|Balanced {{lang|pt|você}}/{{lang|pt|tu}} distribution, {{lang|pt|tu}} being predominantly accompanied by third person ({{lang|pt|você}}-like) verbal conjugation.}} {{legend|#E6E6E6|No data}} {{col-end}}]] [[File:2018 Rio de Janeiro - Fachada do Real Gabinete Português de Leitura - Luis de Camões.jpg|thumb|right|[[Statue]] of the Portuguese Poet [[Luís de Camões]] at the entrance of the [[Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading|Real Gabinete Português de Leitura]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]]] [[File:Estação da luz-13.jpg|thumb|right|[[Museum of the Portuguese Language]] in [[São Paulo]]]] Audio samples of some dialects and accents of Portuguese are available below.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/mapa07.html|title=Audio samples of the dialects of Portuguese|access-date=12 June 2015|publisher=[[Instituto Camões]]|archive-date=27 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427031743/http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/geografia/mapa07.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There are some differences between the areas but these are the best approximations possible. IPA transcriptions refer to the names in local pronunciation.
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