Knowra Portuguese language Portuguese language Portuguese is a Romance language that developed in the western Iberian Peninsula and is spoken across several continents, especially in Portugal, Brazil, and parts of Africa.
Portuguese phonology : The sound system of Portuguese, including its vowels, consonants, stress, and intonation. Nasal vowels and regional pronunciation distinguish spoken Portuguese.
Gallaecian-Portuguese : The medieval Romance language from which Galician and Portuguese developed. It links the language's earliest written record to its later regional forms.
Luís de Camões : A sixteenth-century Portuguese poet best known for the epic poem Os Lusíadas. His poetry became a landmark of Portuguese literary expression.
European Portuguese : The variety of Portuguese spoken in Portugal, with characteristic pronunciation and usage. It provides the contrast most often drawn with Brazilian Portuguese.
Portuguese grammar : The rules governing word forms, sentence structure, and grammatical relationships in Portuguese. Verb inflection and grammatical gender shape Portuguese sentences.
Kingdom of Portugal : The medieval kingdom established in the western Iberian Peninsula that became modern Portugal. Political independence helped establish Portuguese as the kingdom's language.
Fernando Pessoa : A Portuguese modernist poet known for writing through multiple literary personae. His work demonstrates the range of modern Portuguese literary language.
Spanish language : A Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula and spoken widely in Spain and the Americas. Its closeness to Portuguese can conceal differences in pronunciation, grammar, and everyday vocabulary.
Portuguese orthography : The conventions for spelling and punctuation in written Portuguese. The 1990 spelling agreement sought to reduce differences between national standards.
Portuguese Empire : A network of territories and trading posts governed by Portugal from the fifteenth century onward. Imperial expansion carried Portuguese to Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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