Portuguese
is
the
official
language
____________________
Portugal
.
It
is
a
Romance
language
that
is
derived
from
Galician
-
Portuguese
,
which
was
spoken
in
what
is
now
Galicia
and
Northern
Portugal
.
____________________
are
still
many
similarities
between
the
Galician
and
Portuguese
cultures
.
Galicia
is
a
consultative
observer
of
the
Community
of
Portuguese
Language
Countries
.
The
Portuguese
language
is
derived
____________________
the
Latin
spoken
by
the
romanized
pre
-
Roman
peoples
of
the
Iberian
Peninsula
around
2000
years
ago
?
____________________
the
Celts
,
Conii
,
Lusitanians
and
Turduli
.
In
the
15th
and
16th
centuries
,
the
language
spread
worldwide
as
Portugal
established
a
colonial
and
commercial
empire
between
1415
and
1999
.
Portuguese
is
spoken
as
a
native
language
in
five
different
continents
,
with
Brazil
accounting
for
the
largest
number
of
native
Portuguese
speakers
of
any
country
.
In
2013
the
Portuguese
language
is
the
official
language
spoken
____________________
Brazil
,
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Cape
Verde
,
São
Tomé
and
Príncipe
,
Guinea
-
Bissau
,
Equatorial
Guinea
,
and
East
Timor
.
These
countries
,
plus
Macau
Special
Administrative
Region
(
People's
Republic
of
China
)
where
Portuguese
is
co
-
official
____________________
Cantonese
,
make
up
the
Lusosphere
,
a
term
derived
from
the
ancient
Roman
province
of
"
Lusitania
"
,
which
currently
matches
the
Portuguese
territory
south
of
the
Douro
river
.
Mirandese
is
also
recognized
____________________
a
co
-
official
regional
language
in
some
municipalities
of
North
-
Eastern
Portugal
.
It
is
part
of
the
Astur
-
Leonese
group
of
languages
.
An
estimate
____________________
between
6
,
000
and
7
,
000
Mirandese
speakers
has
been
documented
for
Portugal
.
According
____________________
the
International
English
Proficiency
Index
,
Portugal
has
a
high
proficiency
level
in
English
,
higher
____________________
those
of
other
Romance
-
speaking
European
countries
like
Italy
,
France
or
Spain
.
