"In a few years, there will be more Portuguese speakers here than during the Portuguese time."

As in Goa, the dwindling number of Portuguese speakers are also older people.

Due to cultural, social and political mechanisms which date back to the colonial history, the number of native Portuguese speakers is large and growing.

The great majority of Portuguese speakers now live in Brazil, Portugal's biggest former colony.

There were a few other diners - a family, a table of Portuguese speakers, and several couples in quiet conversation near the crackling fire.

There are still some 200 million Portuguese speakers around the world today.

Today most Portuguese speakers live in Brazil, the biggest former colony of Portugal.

Because of this, many Latin words are still familiar to Portuguese speakers.

Some lessons in the school, to allow for immigrant families, have translators for Portuguese speakers.

Secondly, I would take up what the Portuguese speaker before me said: far more emphasis must be placed on language teaching.