Portuguese
Portuguese (Português or Lingua Portuguesa) is a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and Portuguese colonial and formerly colonial territories (Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé, Goa, Macau, East Timor). , spoken in northwestern Spain, is often considered a dialect of Portuguese.
The phonetic system of the Portuguese language is extremely rich. In standard Portuguese it consists of 9 simple vowels, 5 nasalized vowels, 2 semivowels, 25 simple diphthongs, 4 nasalized diphthongs, 5 simple triphthongs, 4 nasalized triphthongs, 21 consonants, or a total of 75 entities. Unstressed vowels are reduced. The nasalization is indicated in the orthography by m or n following the vowel (e.g., sim yes, bem well) or by the use of a tilde (~) over the vowel (mão hand, nação nation).
At International Language Academy we provide various levels of Portuguese conversational course – Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Training materials are developed by our own teachers following years of teaching Portuguese in Singapore. A Certificate of Completion is awarded to students completing each stage of the course.