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Introduction to Portuguese

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Portuguese Lessons (!)
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Verb Tables
Quick Grammar (!)
Quick Vocabulary
Language Links

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Portugal
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Asia
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Introductions to the Portuguese Language (phrases and online courses)

Travlang's European and Brazilian Portuguese for Travelers
Includes dozens of phrases with sound files (scroll down to flags, click the green and blue flag for Brazilian, the green and red for European).

Brazilian Portuguese Language
Marko Huuhilo's site introduces the basics of Brazilian Portuguese. A great site for beginners!

Sonia-portuguese.com
A site dedicated to Brazilian Portuguese, with a brief overview on grammar and a good selection of phrases, proverbs and activities.

Transparent Language: Learn Portuguese
Excellent proficiency test, games and reading materials for advanced students, free vocabulary software, and a very brief introduction to the language.

De tudo um pouco
Lessons in European Portuguese from Glasgow University.

Short Portuguese Lessons
A few lessons, some useful links & information, by Dario Oliveira Teixeira.

Portuguese-Crash-Course.com ($)
Portuguese lessons for beginners (pay for online courses).

For Advanced Learners

Código de redação (convenções da língua escrita)
Site that details conventions of the written language used in editing and proofreading.

Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa
"Cyber-doubts", a site for advanced learners and Portuguese speakers that works through language-related questions.

Viagem pela língua portuguesa com o professor
This language expert deals with common mistakes and doubts in Brazilian Portuguese.

Links Pages

The Portuguese Language
Links to language learning sites, dictionaries, news journals, texts, and more.

Português na Internet - os melhores sites
Links to several Portuguese language-learning sites.

Online Dictionaries & Translation

Freedict.com's English-Portuguese-English Dictionary
A translating dictionary (word-for-word correspondence, no definitions).

Altavista Babelfish
A machine translation service providing rough text translations.

Língua Portuguesa On-Line
A Portuguese language dictionary that includes etymology, pronunciation and grammar.

The Alternative Portuguese Dictionary
A short dictionary of Portuguese slang.

Literature

Literatura Brasileira
Provides selected works from Brazilian authours throughout the centuries (in Portuguese).

Portuguese Literature
An overview of the history and development.

Historical & Linguistic Information

A Língua Portuguesa / The Portuguese Language
A historical overview presented by Adelardo de Medeiros (in Portuguese, English, French).

Ethnologue Report on Portuguese
Some data on the distribution the Portuguese language.