GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Brazil is home to the vast majority of those speakers (over 205 million) and is the only country in South America where Portuguese is the official language.

Detailed explanation-2: -The national language of Brazil is Portuguese. It’s by far the largest Lusophone country. In fact, due to Brazil’s huge population, it’s made Portuguese one of the world’s major languages. Brazilian Portuguese has even overtaken the Portuguese spoken in Portugal to become the standard version of the language worldwide.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish is the most widely spoken language in Latin America, and it is the primary language in every South American country except Brazil, Suriname and French Guyana, as well as Puerto Rico, Cuba and several other islands.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spanish is the most spoken of all languages in South America. Due to the Spanish explorers influence, countries such as Argentina and Columbia hold over 80 million Spanish speakers combined. But they are not the only nations in South America which are home to Spanish speakers.