Mozambican Portuguese

Mozambican Portuguese
português moçambicano, português de Moçambique
Speakers	Native speakers: 5 million (2020)[1] L2 speakers: 8 million (2020)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latin Romance Western Romance Ibero-Romance West-Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese Mozambican Portuguese
Writing system	Latin (Portuguese alphabet) Portuguese Braille
Official status
Official language in	Mozambique
Regulated by	Academia de Ciências de Moçambique
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	pt-MZ

Mozambican Portuguese (Portuguese: português moçambicano) refers to the varieties of Portuguese spoken in Mozambique. Portuguese is the official language of the country.

Several variables factor into the emergence of Mozambican Portuguese. Mozambique shares the linguistic norm used in the other Portuguese-speaking African countries and Portugal. Mozambican Portuguese also enriches the Portuguese language with new words and expressions.