Country scorecard
Brazil
South America · 216M people
ALPS
1.10
languages per person
#192 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
5%
globally connected
Largely monolingual — the average person here speaks 1.1 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Brazil is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇵🇹 Portugal98%
- 🇦🇴 Angola98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Portuguese99%
- Spanish6%
- English5%
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