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Portuguese

vr.tr.portuguese · INF.MED

Let an agent handle the Portuguese language: explain its varieties, grammar and orthography, support learning and translation, and give sourced information on where and how it is used.

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Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle the Portuguese language: explain its varieties, grammar and orthography, support learning and translation, and give sourced information on where and how it is used.

A Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula, descended from Galician-Portuguese, spoken as a first language by more than 200 million people in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and other countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, with varieties such as European, Brazilian and African Portuguese and communities in Asia and the Americas.

What it is for: Communication across the Portuguese-speaking world.

It can be explain grammar and orthography; distinguish European, Brazilian and African varieties; support learning and translation; find official language resources.

Distinguishing features

Romance language

Official in many countries

Major varieties

Regulated orthography

What it looks like

Not physical; a language in speech and text.

How it is recognised

Latin script with diacritics such as tilde and cedilla

Orthographic Agreement spelling

Galician is a closely related but distinct language

Related models

is a kind of - category

Galician-Portuguese

is a kind of - language family

Indo-European

is related to - other European language

Dutch

is regulated by - body

Community of Portuguese Language Countries

In practice

Families and kinds

European Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese

African varieties in Angola, Mozambique and elsewhere

Asian varieties and creoles

diaspora and border varieties such as Uruguayan Portuguese

Identifiers

ISO 639-1 pt language code

ISO 639-3 por language code

Standards and regulation

Orthographic Agreement of 1990

National language laws

CEFR levels for language learning

Failure modes and hazards

Treating one variety as the only correct one

Outdated orthography

Confusing Portuguese and Spanish

Also called

Portuguese language in GoaPortuguese language in AfricaPortuguese language in the AmericasPortuguese language in SpainPortuguese language in AsiaUruguayan PortugueseAzorean PortugueseSulista PortugueseGiriaAngolan PortuguesePortuguese dialectsEast Timorese PortugueseMozambican PortugueseCape Verdean PortugueseEstremenhoGuinean PortugueseNeutral dialectAlentejan PortugueseNorthern PortuguesePequeno PortuguêsBrazilian PortugueseSão Tomean PortugueseEuropean PortugueseMacanese PortugueseBaiano PortugueseCaipira dialectCarioca dialectNorth Coast PortugueseFluminense PortugueseGaúcho dialectSertanejo PortuguesePaulistano dialectCentral northeastern dialectLinguajar cuiabanoFlorianopolitan dialectAmazofoniaMineiroMadeiran Portuguese

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Language Structure.

Grammar and spelling.

Grammar

Key features.

Grammar

Grammar.

  1. How does this Portuguese grammar point work, such as verb conjugation or pronoun placement? definition
  2. How does it differ between varieties? definition

Spelling

Orthography.

Spelling

Orthography.

  1. What is the correct spelling under the Orthographic Agreement, and which countries apply it? provenance
  2. Which differences remain? provenance
Varieties Where it is spoken.

Varieties are equal.

Brazil

Brazilian and European.

Brazil

Brazilian and European.

  1. How do Brazilian and European Portuguese differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar? definition
  2. Is each variety described as equally valid? boundary

World

Global Portuguese.

World

Global Portuguese.

  1. Where else is Portuguese spoken, and what is its status there? provenance
  2. Which creoles descend from it? provenance
Learn Learning and using.

Resources exist.

Resources

Learning Portuguese.

Resources

Learning.

  1. Which resources and courses suit this learner level and target variety? action
  2. Which exams certify Portuguese? provenance

Translate

Translation.

Translate

Translation.

  1. How should this phrase be translated, considering the target variety? action
  2. Is a certified translation needed? boundary
Status Official use and history.

Law and institutions.

Official

Legal status.

Official

Legal status.

  1. Where is Portuguese official, and which institutions promote it? provenance
  2. What is the CPLP? definition

History

Development.

History

History.

  1. How did Portuguese develop from Galician-Portuguese and spread worldwide, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which texts mark its history? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each variety be a separate entry?
  • How should dictionaries be linked?
  • How should learning resources be graded?
Draft as JSON