Angolan Portuguese

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Angolan Portuguese
português angolano, português de Angola
Native to	Angola
Native speakers	12 million (48% of the population) (2016)[1] 26 million (71% of the population) spoke Portuguese at home, often alongside a Bantu language (2014 census)[2]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latin Romance Western Romance Ibero-Romance West-Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese Angolan Portuguese
Writing system	Latin (Portuguese alphabet) Portuguese Braille
Official status
Official language in	Angola
Regulated by	Academia Angolana de Letras
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	pt-AO[3][4]

Portuguese is the official language of Angola. Angolan Portuguese (Portuguese: português de Angola) is a group of dialects and accents of Portuguese used in Angola. In 2005 it was used there by 60% of the population, including by 20% as their first language. The 2016 CIA World Fact Book reports that 12.3 million, or 47% of the population, speaks Portuguese as their first language. However, many parents raise their children to speak only Portuguese. The 2014 census found that 71% speak Portuguese at home, many of them alongside a Bantu language, breaking down to 85% in urban areas and 49% in rural areas.^[2]

There are different stages of Portuguese in Angola in a similar manner to other Portuguese-speaking African countries. Some closely approximate Standard Portuguese pronunciation and are associated with the upper class and younger generations of urban background. Angola is the country with the second-highest number of Portuguese speakers, behind only Brazil.