Portuguese
Portuguese is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Ibero-Romance branch of Indo-European; Latin script. Official in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and more; Brazilian Portuguese speakers outnumber European Portuguese speakers by a wide margin.
6 Levels of Analysis for Portuguese
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Portuguese
What language family does Portuguese belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Portuguese?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Portuguese one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.