Language

Portuguese

Portuguese is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 53 countries.

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Scripture in Portuguese

A complete Bible is reported in Portuguese.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Portuguese is spoken

  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Colombia
  • Curaçao
  • Denmark
  • DR Congo
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • Germany
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Luxembourg
  • Macau
  • Malawi
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Mozambique
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • Norway
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Suriname
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Timor-Leste
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

See Portuguese on the language map

About Portuguese

Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
por
Glottocode
port1283
Also known as
Portuguese: Azorean

Dialects and varieties 18

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Portuguese as a whole.

  • AfricanoNo known Scripture
  • AlentejanNo known Scripture
  • AlgarvianNo known Scripture
  • AzoreanNo known Scripture
  • BeiraNo known Scripture
  • BrasilNo known Scripture
  • Brasil InteriorNo known Scripture
  • Brazilian PortugueseNo known Scripture
  • ContinentalNo known Scripture
  • EstremenhoNo known Scripture
  • Galician PortugueseNo known Scripture
  • Madeira-AzoresNo known Scripture
  • MadeireseNo known Scripture
  • MinhotanNo known Scripture
  • MozambiqueNo known Scripture
  • Old PortugueseNo known Scripture
  • SertanejoNo known Scripture
  • TransmontanNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.