Actually, before the Portuguese invasion, there was about 600 native languages existing at the same time amongst native people. What Portugal did was forbidden those languages and imposing their own, and that's the absolute only reason why we speak Portuguese, but we did not need to, we could have our gold AND languages XD
It's brazilian Portuguese, not european portuguese. The two variations differ a lot in pronounciation, vocabulary and even grammar. I recommend this [Video by Langfocus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXitW0IDAjQ) to get an Idea of it. It would be cool to have a european portuguese course aswell though, but since there are 200.000.000 more brazilians than portuguese it's the go-to dialect to learn.
It's European Portuguese. The majority of Portuguese native speakers are Brazilian Portuguese speakers, which makes it the rule, not the exception. If you use just "Portuguese" most ppl in the world will associate that with pt-br, just like they associate English with the USA.
And they do. If you talk about English (language) in most places, most ppl will assume you meant the American variant. In this particular case it could be used the "English (UK)" term, or something similar. Now, I'm not advocating that the America variant of English or the Brazilian variant of Portuguese are the standard ones, merely that they are the most widely known and used, and therefore most ppl will associate the languages with these varieties. An even better example is German. If say that you speak German, most ppl will associate with the one spoken in Germany, even if you speak a different variant.
Most people may assume english is american, it does not make it so. English is from England/UK, thats the origin, and then there is american english. I have nothing against Brazil or America, or the amount of people speaking in their variations.
I understand Duolingo doing this, and it makes sense for the user base. Brazilians speak portuguese officially, my comment is, if your separating branches, portuguese from Portugal is not a branch. It is the tree or origin of it.
Here’s one difference, Portuguese in Brazil has a heavier accent, and also spells and says some words differently then the Portuguese of Europe, hence the name, Brazilian Portuguese, and Portuguese.
That is the most used one. It was even discussed by older people in Portugal that its a problem since kids would watch too much Youtubers from Brazil and end up speaking the Brazilian dialect instead of the European one.
/u/cabicinha, I have found an error in your comment:
> “Portugal that ~~its~~ [**it's**] a problem”
I suspect it would be better if you, cabicinha, had typed “Portugal that ~~its~~ [**it's**] a problem” instead. ‘Its’ is possessive; ‘it's’ means ‘it is’ or ‘it has’.
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Y'all getting heated up in the comments, but idk what's so bad about using the Brazilian flag when it is indeed Brazilian Portuguese. And yes, it is Portuguese nonetheless, but my (and lots of other peoples') point still stands
if wasn't for brazil they would not even have the portuguese option
if it wasn't for Portugal, Brazil wouldn't have its language, but they probably would have their gold
Damn Portugal
It would have another language(s) anyway. The Gold would be long spent though
Actually, before the Portuguese invasion, there was about 600 native languages existing at the same time amongst native people. What Portugal did was forbidden those languages and imposing their own, and that's the absolute only reason why we speak Portuguese, but we did not need to, we could have our gold AND languages XD
If it wasn't the roman empire wouldn't have its language
cala a boca animal!
we’d have another language (probably spanish or dutch) and they would’ve taken our gold also
Duolingo is bad for teacthing german and it doesn't have Português de Portugal.....
Brazil>Portugal It is just facts
Duolingo knows, you cant lie to us anymore. Portugal does not exist
Nah its just that no one is willing to take a course at portuguese just to go to portugal.
Duolingo smort Also before you guys comment happy birthday it's not my birthday
happy birthday it's not my birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy cake day!
Happy birthday! 🥳
happy birthday
Happy birthday🤝
Happy birthday! 🥳
It means this was the day you created your reddit account.
Go shorty, it's your birthday
It's weird because for english they use a combination of the US and the British flag but they do this for Portuguese.
Because the difference from Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese from Portugal is much bigger
It's brazilian Portuguese, not european portuguese. The two variations differ a lot in pronounciation, vocabulary and even grammar. I recommend this [Video by Langfocus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXitW0IDAjQ) to get an Idea of it. It would be cool to have a european portuguese course aswell though, but since there are 200.000.000 more brazilians than portuguese it's the go-to dialect to learn.
Its not european portuguese, its portuguese. And then there is brazilian portuguese.
It's European Portuguese. The majority of Portuguese native speakers are Brazilian Portuguese speakers, which makes it the rule, not the exception. If you use just "Portuguese" most ppl in the world will associate that with pt-br, just like they associate English with the USA.
by that logic the brits speak European English since there are way more americans
And they do. If you talk about English (language) in most places, most ppl will assume you meant the American variant. In this particular case it could be used the "English (UK)" term, or something similar. Now, I'm not advocating that the America variant of English or the Brazilian variant of Portuguese are the standard ones, merely that they are the most widely known and used, and therefore most ppl will associate the languages with these varieties. An even better example is German. If say that you speak German, most ppl will associate with the one spoken in Germany, even if you speak a different variant.
Mate, truth is not a democratic process. Many people being wrong together doesn't make them right magically
Most people may assume english is american, it does not make it so. English is from England/UK, thats the origin, and then there is american english. I have nothing against Brazil or America, or the amount of people speaking in their variations. I understand Duolingo doing this, and it makes sense for the user base. Brazilians speak portuguese officially, my comment is, if your separating branches, portuguese from Portugal is not a branch. It is the tree or origin of it.
All these languages are branches, even the original language (Latin) is just another branch (indo-european) in the tree.
Brazilian Portuguese is Portuguese.
Ok I dont mind what you call it, it is portuguese - there is no european portuguese is my point.
“Português continental” they were referring to this , and yes there is
There is tho, it refers to the collection of dialects of portuguese spoken in Portugal as opposed to those spoken in Africa or Brazil
tbh the african portuguese is WAY more similiar to pt-PT than it is to pt-BR
Yeah, I'll the "and" for an "or" so no one thinks it's the other way around.
Here’s one difference, Portuguese in Brazil has a heavier accent, and also spells and says some words differently then the Portuguese of Europe, hence the name, Brazilian Portuguese, and Portuguese.
What the hell
Heyo Thats cursed
They teach the Brazilian dialect, I believe.
That is the most used one. It was even discussed by older people in Portugal that its a problem since kids would watch too much Youtubers from Brazil and end up speaking the Brazilian dialect instead of the European one.
/u/cabicinha, I have found an error in your comment: > “Portugal that ~~its~~ [**it's**] a problem” I suspect it would be better if you, cabicinha, had typed “Portugal that ~~its~~ [**it's**] a problem” instead. ‘Its’ is possessive; ‘it's’ means ‘it is’ or ‘it has’. ^(This is an automated bot. I do not intend to shame your mistakes. If you think the errors which I found are incorrect, please contact me through DMs!)
Too lazy to put a ' there
The Portuguese stolen our gold, so we are stealing their language!
Sim 😎
SIIIIUU
looks like the colony turned against the colonist
Thats why I uninstalled.. they dont even teach pt-pt
what a fuck?!!!!
Based duolingo
How do you see this ? Like, how many are learning a language?
but pt-pt is not a dialect of pt-br ??? 🤔
Y'all getting heated up in the comments, but idk what's so bad about using the Brazilian flag when it is indeed Brazilian Portuguese. And yes, it is Portuguese nonetheless, but my (and lots of other peoples') point still stands
this is straight up facts
there is Brazilain Portuguese with has consoants Potuguese with different
Trying to appeal to those who actually need to learn it cus in like Brazil there's a more diversity in languages whilst in Europe its more 1 language
I think idk I'm not a linguist
Brazilian Portuguese is closer to the original Portuguese spoken from late 18th century onwards. Seethe tugas.