Blame it on the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language
I think they probably exclude Central America. Heh
Roger
On 3/13/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sorry. Yup, a difference between Portuguese and Spanish.
>
> I don't think I understand your weighing of
> Portuguese and Spanish. There are something like
> 562 million people in Latin America, of which 186
> million are Brazilian and speak Portuguese or
> indiginous languages. The rest speak Spanish or
> indiginous languages. The percentage in either
> case that speak only an indiginous language is
> very small and shrinking. About twice as many speak Spanish as Portuguese.
>
> Mark
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