The Portuguese dialects found in Africa, Asia and Oceania can be categorized into Creole and non-Creole forms. The Creole forms were derived from interaction with indigenous languages and are most often considered separate languages because of the important differences between them and the (non-Creole) mother tongue.

Angola
60% of Angolans claim Portuguese as their mother tongue. Portuguese, as the official language, coexists alongside the local Bacongo, Chacue, Ovibundo and Quibundo languages.

Cabo Verde
A Creole dialect is spoken which combines archaic Portuguese with various African languages.

Guinea-Bissau
44% of the population speak a Creole dialect, 11% Portuguese and the remainder one of several African languages.

Mozambique
Portuguese (the official language) is spoken by 25% of the population but only a little over 1% call it their primary language. The majority of the population speak a number of the native languages.

São Tome & Príncipe
The majority of the population speak Forro and Moncó (local languages) as well as Angolan languages.

In Angola and Mozambique, where Portuguese gained ground as a spoken language alongside many indigenous languages, spoken Portuguese is very close to the original although it reflects influences from archaic Portuguese as well as various regional dialects of Portugal. Some dialects are similar to those found in Brazil. The influence of African languages on Portuguese in these two countries was minor and is restricted to local dialects.

In the rest of African (where it is the official language), Portuguese is used in administration, teaching, news media and international relations. There also exist national, Creole languages of Portuguese origin. Proximity with local languages has caused the Portuguese spoken in these countries to become different than the Portuguese spoken in Europe. In many cases, however, it approaches the Portuguese spoken in Brazil.