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Portugese is the sixth most spoken language in the world, being the most common language in nine different countries. Learning Portugese is something that will benefit you in your move to Portugal, or even for your holidays, even more so considering it is the second fastest growing language in the world, English being the top.
Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Timor-Leste, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, and São Tomé and Principe, are all countries where Portugese is the most common language spoken. In fact only 5% of Portugese speakers live in Portugal. So where does the language originate?
Portugese is believed to be a mixture between Spanish, Latin, German, and Arabic. This is because Islamic Moors conquered Portugal and Spain in the eighth century and they spoke a form of Arabic. Galicia in the North of Portugal and the North West of Spain is where the language is believed to have originated. The language, Galician, was a mixture of local languages and Latin. Portugese is believed to have been formed here in around the 14th century.
