Countries
Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
10
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Second Language
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
23
Rank: 5 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Olá
Thank You
obrigado
How Are You?
Como você está?
Good Night
boa noite
Good Evening
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Good Morning
bom Dia
Please
Por Favor
Sorry
pesaroso
Bye
tchau
I Love You
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Dialects
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Brazil
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Portugal
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
4,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.27 %
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
216.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Português
Alternative Names
Português
French Name
portugais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
History
Origin
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Language Position
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
por
ISO 639 2/B
por
ISO 639 3
por
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available