Native/Mother language of the majority of the population - > 50%
Official and administrative language, but minority native language - < 50%
Cultural or secondary language - not official but spoken as the main native language - uruguayan portuguese - bayano, fronteiriço or riverense
Cultural or secondary language - not official but spoken as a minority native or second language
Galician is an official language - seen by some organizations as the same language as portuguese
The Portuguese-speaking world, also known as the Lusophone World (Portuguese: Mundo Lusófono) or the Lusosphere, comprises the countries and territories in which the Portuguese language is an official, administrative, cultural, or secondary language. This article provides details regarding the geographical distribution of all Portuguese-speakers, a.k.a. Lusophones, regardless of legislative status. Portuguese is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and is an official language of countries on four continents.