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		dasil003 on Dec 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Some of China's greatest advances depend heavily o... Only half of South America speaks Spanish.

baud147258 on Dec 4, 2017 [–]

What does the other half speaks? Brasilian/Portuguese or something else?

abrowne on Dec 5, 2017 | [–]

Yes, Portuguese.

Population of South America: 421M¹

Population of Brazil: 208M²

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil

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