Portuguese
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Endangerment status
Not endangered
Children are still learning this language at home.
Source: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master)
ISO 639-3 por · ISO 639-1 pt · Glottocode port1283
Speakers at home
The census counts this language on its own, so these figures are for it alone.
By state
- Massachusetts228,351limited English 106,878
- Florida180,522limited English 66,718
- New Jersey101,030limited English 45,540
- California96,749limited English 26,702
- New York52,232limited English 14,295
- Connecticut46,176limited English 21,101
- Texas42,463limited English 9,406
- Rhode Island30,524limited English 11,337
- Georgia26,424limited English 8,194
- Pennsylvania23,792limited English 10,473
- Maryland15,269limited English 5,659
- Utah15,051limited English 2,533
- Virginia14,546limited English 3,532
- North Carolina13,389limited English 3,517
- Washington12,895limited English 3,693
- Illinois10,914limited English 2,301
- Colorado9,715limited English 1,774
- Michigan9,622limited English 2,723
- South Carolina8,870limited English 2,396
- Ohio8,082limited English 2,639
- Arizona6,109limited English 1,082
- New Hampshire5,479limited English 1,768
- Nevada5,412limited English 1,366
- Tennessee5,273limited English 1,172
- Louisiana4,210limited English 1,692
- Indiana4,134limited English 654
- Minnesota3,650limited English 805
- Wisconsin3,492limited English 722
- Oregon3,489limited English 571
- Alabama3,386limited English 975
- Missouri3,296limited English 742
- Maine3,124limited English 1,487
- Arkansas2,155limited English 622
- Idaho2,078limited English 341
- Kentucky2,003limited English 437
- Kansas1,984limited English 487
- Oklahoma1,972limited English 484
- Iowa1,925limited English 412
- Hawaii1,867limited English 431
- New Mexico979limited English 254
- Mississippi869limited English 153
- Vermont737limited English 189
- Delaware716limited English 201
- Nebraska679limited English 112
- Alaska676limited English 46
- West Virginia635limited English 144
- South Dakota521limited English 55
- North Dakota488limited English 33
- Montana384limited English 59
- Wyoming333limited English 51
By city
- New York City24,126limited English 6,293
- Boston12,869limited English 6,132
- Philadelphia8,510limited English 4,615
- San Diego6,345limited English 1,615
- Houston5,879limited English 1,262
- Los Angeles5,622limited English 1,511
- Chicago4,333limited English 1,430
- San Jose4,026limited English 1,517
- Columbus3,890limited English 1,964
- Charlotte2,815limited English 1,452
- Dallas2,573limited English 1,511
- Seattle2,556limited English 754
- Phoenix1,331limited English 373
- Sacramento1,072limited English 133
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year. The second figure counts people who speak English less than “very well”.
The census publishes this table for every state but for only a handful of cities. A city missing from this list is one it does not publish, not one where nobody speaks the language.
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- A greetingnone yet
How do you greet someone, and how do they answer?
- Numbersnone yet
Count from one to ten.
- Familynone yet
The words for mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, child.
- Saying goodbyenone yet
How did the oldest person you knew say goodbye?
- Foodnone yet
Name a dish and say how it is made.
- Weather and seasonsnone yet
Describe today’s weather, then name the seasons.
- A place namenone yet
The name of your home place in this language, and what it means.
- A proverbnone yet
A saying that does not translate well. Say it, then explain it.
- A song for a childnone yet
Sing something that was sung to you.
- A storynone yet
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CultureMesh, "Portuguese" language page (https://culturemesh.com/languages/portuguese-6). Endangerment status: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.