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How many Portuguese live in Venezuela?
Portuguese arrived to Venezuela in the early and middle 20th century, as immigrants, mostly from Madeira Island. Venezuela has the second largest Portuguese diaspora in America, after Brazil….Portuguese Venezuelans.
| Luso-venezuelanos Luso-venezolanos | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| Portugal: 24,603 | |
| Venezuela | 1,300,000 |
| Peru | 80,500 |
Why are there so many Venezuelans in Madeira?
Especially during the dictatorship between 1926 and 1974, many residents left the country – often in the direction of Venezuela. Because of the oil boom, it was one of the richest countries in South America at the time. Today about 500,000 people of Portuguese descent live there, most of them from Madeira.
Do they speak Portuguese in Venezuela?
Chinese (400,000), Portuguese (254,000) and Italian (200,000), are the most spoken languages in Venezuela after the official language of Spanish. Wayuu is the most spoken indigenous language with 170,000 speakers.
Is Venezuela close to Portugal?
The distance between Venezuela and Portugal is 6753 km. It takes approximately 15h 37m to get from Venezuela to Portugal, including transfers.
Does Uruguay speak Portuguese?
It is spoken in north-eastern Uruguay, near the Brazilian border, mainly in the region of the twin cities of Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Livramento (Brazil)….
| Uruguayan Portuguese | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Indo-European Italic Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese Uruguayan Portuguese |
Do they speak Portuguese in the Philippines?
There are very few Portuguese speaking people in the Philippines, if there are any. Because it was the Spaniards who colonized us, not the Portuguese. Though a language spoken in Ternate, Cavite may contain some Portuguese words.
What is the original language of Venezuela?
Spanish
Venezuela/Official languages
Languages: the official language of the country is Spanish, which has taken root since the presence of Spanish colonialism, but the new Venezuelan Constitution recognizes the various tribes of the country’s population indigenous languages.