History of the Lusophone Americans in Newark, New Jersey from Portugal. Now, most Lusophone immigrants arrive from Brazil and Portuguese-speaking Africa, especially Cape Verde. Other places of origin include Mozambique and Galicia, a region of Spain with a language that is related to Portuguese. In 1995, there were 30,000 Portuguese-Americans living in Newark. 2000 Census data showed that Newark had 15,801 residents of Portuguese ancestry (5.8% of the population), while an additional 5,805 (2.1% of the total) were of Brazilian ancestry. History of the Lusophone Americans in Newark, New Jersey The city of Newark, New Jersey includes a large Portuguese-speaking population. Newark has been nicknamed "Little Portugal" due to
Chakma language Chakma language Chakma language (; autonym: , ) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Chakma and Daingnet people. Its better-known closest relatives are Assamese, Hajong, Bengali, Chittagonian, and Bishnupriya Manipuri of Manipur, Tanchangya, and Sylheti. It is spoken by nearly 310,000 people in southeast Bangladesh in Chittagong Hill Tracts, and another 300,000 in India in Assam and Tripura and 40,265 in Mizoram. It is written using the Chakma script, which is also called "Ajhā pāṭh", sometimes romanised "Ojhopath". Literacy in Chakma script is low. It is officially recognised by neither the Bangladesh government nor the Indian government, the only