Preferred language name(s): Portugues Carioca
Alternative names: Carioques
Language classification: Indo-European, Italo-celtic,romance
Geographical areas where spoken: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Approximate number of speakers: 6 498 837 million.
Official language(s) in your country: Standard Portuguese
Other language(s) in your country: no
Does your language have a widely accepted writing system? yes
Language Background
My vitality assessment
[Safe]
Inter-generational transmission:
All community members speak the language.
Absolute number of speakers:
>100000
Speaker number trends:
Almost all community members speak the language; speaker numbers are stable or increasing.
Domains of use of the language:
Used in all domains
What have other sources said about your language?
Reported # of speakers | Vitality Assessment | |
endangeredlanguages.com | – | – |
ethnologue.com | 194,000.00 million | safe |
en.wikipedia.org | 12 million | safe |