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European Portuguese (also named Continental Portuguese or Lusitanian Portuguese) is a group of Portuguese dialects spoken in Portugal. Standard Portuguese (Português-padrão) is traditionally based on Estremenho dialect of Coimbra, where the single university of the country existed for centuries, and, currently, also Lisbon’s, despite the pronunciation of Lisbon is still perceived by many as a dialect. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... The Portuguese dialects are variants of the Portuguese language that are shared by a substantial number of speakers over several generations, but are not sufficiently distinct from the official norms to be considered a separate language. ... District Coimbra Mayor   - Party Carlos Encarnação PSD Area 316. ... The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ... Lisbon (Portuguese: Lisboa, IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal. ...

Being the standard form and because most African and some Lusophone Asian politicians studied in that university, it is also the standard form in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, and Macau, although there is a very wide variety of regional dialects. Brazil was also once influenced by the dialect of Coimbra, before it established its own universities where the country‘s elites started studying. Motto: (Portuguese for Unity, Struggle, Progress) Anthem: Capital Bissau 1 Largest city Official language(s) Portuguese Government President Prime Minister Republic João Bernardo Vieira Aristides Gomes Independence from Portugal  - Declared September 24, 1973  - Recognised September 10, 1974 Area  - Total    - Water (%)   36,120 km² (133rd) 13,946 sq mi  22. ...

Brazilian Portuguese, while being distinct in some vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation from the European form of the language, remains intelligible to speakers of European Portuguese, in much the same way as British English is comprehensible to speakers of other dialects of English outside the UK. Brazilian Portuguese is a collective name for the varieties of Portuguese written and spoken by virtually all the 187 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a couple million Brazilian immigrants and temporary workers in other countries, mainly in Canada, United States, Portugal, Paraguay and Japan. ... Diagram showing the geographical locations of selected languages and dialects of the British Isles. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

See also

• Portuguese language

Portuguese ( , also língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is today Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal. ...

External links

• Description of the pronunciation rules of European Portuguese
• Description of the pronunciation rules of Brazilian Portuguese