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Languages Spoken in Macau

Official: Cantonese and Chinese and Portuguese

Macau has a population of 644,000 and is home to several distinct language communities, with 6 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Cantonese and Chinese and Portuguese serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Macau, 4 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

644K
Population
6
Languages
4
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Languages spoken in Macau

Chinese Official
Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters
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98%
CLDR
Cantonese Official
Cantonese Braille, Simplified Chinese
86%
CLDR
English
English Braille, English alphabet
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23%
CLDR
Min Nan Chinese
Chinese characters, Pe̍h-ōe-jī
4%
CLDR
Filipino (Tagalog)
Latin script
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3%
CLDR
Portuguese Official
Latin script, Portuguese alphabet
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2%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Cantonese 81%, Mandarin 4.7%, other Chinese dialects 5.4%, English 3.6%, Tagalog 2.9%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 1.8% (2021 est.)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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