A lusophone is someone who speaks which language?
Luso- is a Late Latin prefix used to denote Portugal/Portuguese, in conjunction with another toponym or demonym.
A Lusophone is someone who speaks the Portuguese language, either natively or as an additional language. As an adjective it means 'Portuguese-speaking'. The Lusosphere or Lusophony, is the totality of Portuguese speakers around the world, and the influence of the language and culture.
The term is derived from Lusitania, the name of a Roman province in the Iberian Peninsula, which encompassed most of modern Portugal.
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Albeck1994
I am a lusophone having lived there for several years and maintaining close ties . I guessed because of the fact there is a region of Portugal called Luso, got it right but probably for the wrong reasons lol
Eric Leif Peters
"Andalusian" has a similar derivation.
Armadillo
David Coe, I used to.
Player
I thought of Lusitania (the ship) and was pretty sure it was also the Roman name for what is now Portugal. Weird way of getting the answer
David Coe
Peter Robertson, I am a gramophone, I speak gram.
Andy the educated troglodyte
ninakamwene, I agree...we were there about 10 years ago and took in Sintra too..a complete delight.
earlepg
Sounded like an instrument. Lucked out.
Annie
Got it😳
Peter Robertson
I am a xylophone. I speak xyl.
Char
Had no clue used majority
jack patti go
Got it!
docluci
No idea, used a hint, will add “luso” prefix to memory banks if I can......just out of hospital and mental efforts are clearly impaired
lmjmom
Got it.
Sue Fairweather
wrong guess
Ilias Tsiabardas
I didn't no that ,but I guess it write
ninakamwene
Lucky guess. I have been to Portugal, Lisboa capital a lovely city.