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Portuguese Wikibook
Welcome to the Portuguese language Wikibook. Here you can learn the different parts to the Portuguese language through our grammar references and our course. Why not start with the feature word? Previous knowledge on a closely-related languages (Romance languages—occasionally called the Latin languages or, less often, the Romanic or Neo-Latin languages) like Catalan, French, Italian and Spanish might make studying Portuguese much easier.

There are several differences among the three main dialects of Portuguese: as it is spoken in Portugal (European Portuguese), as it is spoken in Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese), and as it is spoken in Africa (African Portuguese). While their written forms are very similar, there are some differences in the spoken language (both in phonology and syntax) that are specific to each of them. Galician, which is a language spoken in Galicia, is not a Portuguese dialect, as sometimes it is stated, but Galician and Portuguese can be seen as two dialects of the same language - Galician-Portuguese).

Brazilian and African Portuguese show a great influence in their vocabulary from aboriginal languages and Bantu languages which are not present in European Portuguese. Their phonology is more similar to older European Portuguese variants. Brazilian Portuguese also has several unique Americanisms.

Courses for Portuguese spoken in Portugal
Level One - Beginners Eight lessons for the absolute beginner. Level Two - Intermediate Continuation from the beginner course. A guide to Portuguese pronunciation

Courses for Portuguese spoken in Brazil
See also an alternative course in Brazilian Portuguese.

Planning Introduction Introduction to the language. Level One - Beginners Ten lessons for the absolute beginner. Level Two - Intermediate Continuation from the beginner course.

A guide to Portuguese pronunciation

Appendix A - Vocabulary

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