List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language explained

The following is a list of the nine sovereign states and one territory where Portuguese is an official language.

Sovereign states

• • (see Brazilian Portuguese)
  • (co-official with Tetum; 51,800 L1 speakers as of 2007)^{[1] [2]}
• (co-official with Spanish and French)

See also

• Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
• Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers
• List of international organisations which have Portuguese as an official language
• Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)
• Portuguese-based creole languages
• Latin America
• Latin Europe
• World Portuguese Language Day

Notes and References

1. News: East Timor drowns in language soup. Reuters. 22 April 2007.
2. Web site: Search results . www.google.com.