WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — There seems to be some confusion on what the main language spoken in Brazil is. Brazil is one of four countries in South America where Spanish is not the main language.

Portuguese is a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and former Portuguese colonial territories. Galician, a dialect spoken in northwestern Spain, shares close linguistic ties with Portuguese.

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