yes it is. only 4 continents:5 countries in africa,1 in europe,brazil in south america,Timor in Asia

Portuguese ain’t spoken in 5 Continents

Generalisations like this are not helpful..

Thanks for reading and commenting on my post, Dean! I hope Ines sees this and responds. Interesting to read what you say about differences in attitude / confidence between Spanish and Portuguese speakers.

Hey Ines, I don’t know how recent your comment is. I am from the UK and I completely get what you mean, at least UK tourists I know go abroad, settle for decades and speak barely past ‘gracias’ and ‘por favor’, this is in Spain. I only went to Portugal once (passing by through to Lisbon airport, to depart to Cancún Mexico, during the pandemic), but I immediately notice how good the Portuguese speak English, and noticeably they do it with confidence. The Spaniards I knew hesitate and feel very timid and embarrassed when speaking English. I speak almost fluent Spanish now so I feel confident but I would love to learn Portuguese so if your offer still stands I would be glad to exchange English and more of each others culture and funny stories about those darn tourists 😛

Best wishes Sister,
Dean

Glad to hear this, Brian!

I’m trying to learn Brazilian Portuguese and I’ve found the Brazilians probably the friendliest welcoming people I’ve ever dealt with, everyone is very accommodating and happy to help and share things to help me on my language journey, they don’t mock, at all,we may have a laugh at my prononciation attempts but it’s a warm mutual fun experience and a very encouraging one, they warn me that even they sometimes struggle with their grammar and just be patient and it will come to me, and I in turn help some who want to practice English with me a chance to sharpen their conversation skills

I’m trying to learn Brazilian Portuguese and I’ve found the Brazilians probably the friendliest welcoming people I’ve ever dealt with, everyone is very accommodating and happy to share and share things to help me on my language journey, they don’t mock, at all,we may have a laugh at my prononciation attempts but it’s a warm mutual fun experience and a very encouraging one, they warn me that even they sometimes struggle with their grammar and just be patient and it will come to me, and I in turn help some who want to practice English with me a chance to sharpen their conversation skills

Nowhere near close, Jeff. The census figures for 2019 say just under 500k speak Portuguese at home, as against 30.6 million speaking Spanish and 2.8 million, Chinese: https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2022/acs/acs-50.html