Portugues is a Western Romance Language.
Portuguese ( português or , in full , língua portuguesa ) is a Romance language and the sole official language of Portugal , Brazil , Cape Verde , Guinea-Bissau , Mozambique , Angola , and São Tomé and Príncipe . Western Romance languages . Based on mutual intelligibility , Dalby counts a dozen languages : Portuguese , Spanish , Asturian-Leonese , Aragonese , Catalan , Gascon , Provençal , Gallo-Wallon , French , Franco-Provençal , Romansh , and Ladin .