Portuguese language
![Multilingual sign in Japanese, Portuguese, and English in Oizumi, Japan. Return immigration of Japanese Brazilians has led to a large Portuguese-speaking community in the town.[14]](/Images/godic/202501/27/Multilingual_Emergency_Assembly_Area_Sign_in_Oizumi4339.JPG")
![Countries and regions where Portuguese has official status.](/Images/godic/202501/27/Lusophone_World.svg4339.png")
![The use of second person pronouns in the Lusosphere](/Images/godic/202501/27/Second_Person_in_Portuguese4339.png")
![Much ethnically diverse East Timor has officialized Portuguese as one of its languages](/Images/godic/202501/27/Sprachen_Osttimors-en4339.png")
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Romance language and the sole official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India; in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; and in Malacca in Malaysia.