Brazilian Portuguese is the variety of Portuguese spoken in Brazil — by far the largest Portuguese-speaking population, with around 215 million native speakers. It differs from European Portuguese in vocabulary, pronunciation, several legal-document conventions, and spelling (though the 1990 Orthographic Agreement has reduced the differences). For US translation work from Brazil, Brazilian Portuguese is the default — relevant for USCIS, courts, and US universities accrediting Brazilian degrees. Major US Brazilian-American communities sit in Massachusetts, South Florida, and New Jersey.