The local community was. To be Macanese is, fundamentally, to be from Macao, to descend from Portuguese, but not necessarily to be a Sino-Portuguese descendant.

Portuguese is the ninth most. Hakka Chinese is a Sinitic language spoken by the Hakka people in southern China and diaspora areas. Out of which million people are native Portuguese speakers. It has developed numerous variants due to isolated usage. Initially introduced by the Portuguese, they are made from. There are almost million Portuguese speakers in the world. Patuá is a language system that was once formed by Portuguese immigrants in Macao.

In everyday English, "Mandarin" refers to Standard Chinese, which is often called simply "Chinese". Standard Chinese is based on the particular Mandarin dialect. Chinese and Portuguese are the official languages, being Cantonese the most widely spoken. Macau has a population of around , residents.