Portuguese (Mozambique) (pt-MZ)

Complete reference for the pt-MZ locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Locale reference

Portuguese (Mozambique)

Locale metadata

BCP 47 codept-MZ

Native namePortuguês (Moçambique)

English namePortuguese (Mozambique)

Languagept

RegionMZ

ScriptLatn

Text directionLeft-to-right (LTR)

CLDR plural categoriesone, many, other

Estimated speakers~17,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short15/09/26

Medium15/09/2026

Long15 de setembro de 2026

Fullterça-feira, 15 de setembro de 2026

NumberFormat

Decimal1 234 567,89

Currency (USD)9,99 US$

Percent75%

Compact1,2 M

RelativeTimeFormat

há 3 dias

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples, oranges e bananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by pt-MZ: one, many, other

oneExample number: 1

→ one

manyExample number: 11

→ other

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['pt-MZ', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/pt-MZ.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="pt-MZ" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'pt-MZ',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'pt-MZ': {
        translation: require('./locales/pt-MZ/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;