Portuguese Dialects - Mixed Languages

Mixed Languages

  • Frantuguês/Frantugais (Frenchuguese), a mix of Portuguese with French
  • Portunhol/Portuñol. In regions where Spanish and Portuguese coexist, various types of language contact have occurred, ranging from improvised code-switching between monolingual speakers of each language to more or less stable mixed languages. They are often designated by the common term portunhol (portuñol).
  • Porglish, a mix of Portuguese with English.

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