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The 38 pages that link to Portuguese language, each with the reason it gives.

• Portuguese colonization of the AmericasRelated: Colonial institutions and migration established Portuguese as Brazil’s dominant language.

• Brazilian literatureRelated: Portuguese became Brazilian literature’s principal written language, transformed by local usage.

• MozambiqueRelated: It is used in national administration and education alongside many African languages.

• Bossa novaRelated: Brazilian Portuguese phrasing and vowel sounds shape the genre’s vocal line.

• Latin AmericaRelated: Portuguese distinguishes Brazil from its mostly Spanish-speaking neighbors.

• PortugalRelated: Portugal’s language became a lasting global inheritance of its maritime expansion.

• County of PortugalRelated: The county’s territory lay within the region where early Portuguese developed.

• Timor-LesteRelated: Portuguese is an official language and a legacy of colonial rule.

• Afonso I of PortugalRelated: The kingdom consolidated under Afonso became the political setting for Portuguese language standardization.

• Brazilian nationalismRelated: A shared language became one basis for imagining a common Brazilian culture.

• Community of Portuguese Language CountriesRelated: The language supplies the common cultural and diplomatic bond named in the organization’s title.

• Rioplatense SpanishRelated: Contact across the Uruguay–Brazil border has shaped speech in Uruguay's northern regions.

• Romanization of HispaniaRelated: Its development likewise reflects the long-term linguistic consequences of Latin's spread.

• BissauRelated: Portuguese is Guinea-Bissau’s official language and is used in the capital’s institutions.

• Luís de CamõesRelated: Camões’s poetry helped establish Portuguese as a language of literary prestige.

• University of CoimbraRelated: The university has served as a major center for Portuguese-language scholarship and teaching.

• Afonso III of PortugalRelated: Afonso’s chancery adopted Portuguese for royal documents, advancing its use in government.

• Clarice LispectorRelated: Lispector wrote in Portuguese after arriving in Brazil as a young child.

• KabochaRelated: The Japanese word kabocha is associated with a Portuguese name for Cambodia.

• Denis of PortugalRelated: Denis made Portuguese the language of royal documents, advancing its use in government.

• São Miguel IslandRelated: Portuguese is the island’s official and dominant language.

• Sinhala languageRelated: Portuguese rule and trade introduced loanwords into Sinhala.

• Tsonga languageRelated: Tsonga-speaking communities in Mozambique live within a public sphere where Portuguese is dominant.

• AlgarveRelated: It became the region’s dominant language after its incorporation into Portugal.

• Mia CoutoRelated: Couto writes in Portuguese while reshaping its vocabulary and rhythms with Mozambican speech.

• Fernão Mendes PintoRelated: Pinto wrote in Portuguese, and the memoir’s language helped carry its account into European print culture.

• Latin AmericansRelated: Portuguese-speaking Brazil is central to the region's population and identity.

• Portuguese peopleRelated: It is a central shared medium across Portuguese communities, though not everyone speaks it.