PORTUGUESE (Brazil)

Country: Brazil
Language code: POR
Continent: South America
Genetic affiliation: Indo-European, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Ibero-Romance
Primary country of language: Portugal
Geographical region: Also in Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé, Macau, France, USA, Canada, Goa (India), Timor (Indonesia), Spain, Germany, United Kingdom
Population: 150,000,000 in Brazil (1990 UBS); 175,000,000 total (1991 WA)
Bible printings: 1751-1988
New Testament printings: 1681-1982
Printings of whole books of Bible: 1505-1981
National language: Yes
Remarks: Literacy rate 71%
Religion: Christian, spiritism