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  2. Languages of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Portuguese is the official and national language of Brazil [5] being widely spoken by most of the population. Brazil is the most populous Portuguese-speaking country in the world, with its lands comprising the majority of Portugal's former colonial holdings in the Americas . Aside from Portuguese, the country has also numerous minority ...

  3. Portuguese language - Wikipedia

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    Portuguese (endonym: português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in ...

  4. List of Brazil state name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    after Marshal Cândido Rondon, explorer of the region; the old name for the state was Guaporé, Tupi for "pathway to the lake". Roraima. Yanomaman. roro imã. "thundering mountain" according to some sources; the old name for the state was Rio Branco, Portuguese for "white river". Santa Catarina.

  5. Brazilian Portuguese - Wikipedia

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    Brazilian Portuguese (Portuguese: português brasileiro; [poʁtuˈɡeiz bɾaziˈleiɾu]) is the set of varieties of the Portuguese language native to Brazil and the most influential form of Portuguese worldwide. [4] [5] It is spoken by almost all of the 203 million inhabitants of Brazil and spoken widely across the Brazilian diaspora, today ...

  6. Languages of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Five languages have more than 50 million native speakers in Europe: Russian, English, French, Italian, and German. Russian is the most-spoken native language in Europe, [4] and English has the largest number of speakers in total, including some 200 million speakers of English as a second or foreign language. (See English language in Europe .)

  7. Languages of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    The most spoken second or foreign languages in the EU are English, French, German, Spanish, and Russian. In the table, boxes coloured light blue mean that the language is an official language of the country, while the main language spoken in the country is coloured dark blue. Knowledge of English.

  8. List of date formats by country - Wikipedia

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    Yes. Long formats: English: mmmm d, yyyy. DMY dates are also used occasionally, primarily by, but not limited to, government institutions such as on the data page of passports, and immigration and customs forms. Filipino: ika- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy [135] or a- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy. (Note: Month and year can be shortened.

  9. Portuguese language in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Portuguese is the third most spoken language of the Americas, and the second most spoken language in South America. [1] [2] It is the sole official language of Brazil and is a co-official language of several regional organizations, notably Mercosul, UNASUL, ACTO, CELAC, the Rio Group, and ALADI . The main varieties of Portuguese spoken in South ...