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Afrikaans and Portuguese

Countries

Countries

South Africa
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

110
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Portugal

Second Language

Namibia, South Africa
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Regulated By

Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Interesting Facts

  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  • 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

Dutch Language
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

Dutch Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3223
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

159
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1719
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Olá

Thank You

Dankie
obrigado

How Are You?

Hoe gaan dit
Como você está?

Good Night

goeie nag
boa noite

Good Evening

Goeienaand
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

Goeie middag
boa Tarde

Good Morning

goeie more
bom Dia

Please

asseblief
Por Favor

Sorry

jammer
pesaroso

Bye

Totsiens
tchau

I Love You

Ek het jou lief
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

Verskoon my
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kaapse Afrikaans
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

-
Brazil

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Oranjeriverafrikaans
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

-
Portugal

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Baster Afrikaans
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

Namibia
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

7.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

326
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

19.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.10 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.30 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afrikaans
Português

Alternative Names

Cape Dutch
Português

French Name

afrikaans
portugais

German Name

Afrikaans
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Afrikaners
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

17th Century
3rd Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Romance

Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Standard Afrikaans
Portuguese

Language Position

236
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

af
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

afr
por

ISO 639 2/B

afr
por

ISO 639 3

afr
por

ISO 639 6

afrs
por

Glottocode

afri1274
port1283

Linguasphere

52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic
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Afrikaans and Portuguese Alphabets

Afrikaans and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Afrikaans and Portuguese. In Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Afrikaans and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Afrikaans and Portuguese languages. The Afrikaans phonology consist Afrikaans vowels and Afrikaans consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Afrikaans greetings vs Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Afrikaans and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Afrikaans and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Afrikaans and Portuguese Speaking population

Afrikaans and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Portuguese on Afrikaans vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Portuguese Language Codes

Afrikaans and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.