Portuguese

Portuguese Language in the World

Between 170 and 210 million people speak Portuguese throughout the world today. Portuguese ranks eighth among the most spoken languages in the world (third among western languages, after Spanish and English) and is the official language of seven countries: Angola (10.3 million inhabitants), Brazil (151 million), Cabo Verde (340,000), Guinea-Bissau (1 million), Mozambique (15.3 million) Portugal (9.9 million), and Tomé and Príncipe Islands (126,000).

Portuguese at UTA

Professor Sandra Wise, who was raised in Brazil, teaches our Portuguese courses. Her classes consist not only of language learning but also the study of the culture and history of Brazil and Portugal.

Portuguese is a beautiful language, which sounds like a mixture of French, Italian, and Spanish. For Spanish speakers, it's an easy language to acquire, because it is very similar, grammatically, to Spanish. For English speakers, it is no more difficult than Spanish.