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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

2310
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Portugal

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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

Amharic and Hebrew
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2823
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

89
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2819
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Olá

Thank You

شكرا
obrigado

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Como você está?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
boa noite

Good Evening

مساء الخير
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
boa Tarde

Good Morning

صباح الخير
bom Dia

Please

من فضلك
Por Favor

Sorry

آسف
pesaroso

Bye

وداعا
tchau

I Love You

أحبك
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

اعذرني
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Brazil

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

Sudan
Portugal

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2626
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
Português

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Português

French Name

arabe
portugais

German Name

Arabisch
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

512 CE
3rd Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Romance

Branch

North Arabic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Portuguese

Language Position

256
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
por

ISO 639 2/B

ara
por

ISO 639 3

ara
por

ISO 639 6

ara
por

Glottocode

arab1395
port1283

Linguasphere

12-AAC
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Portuguese Alphabets

Arabic and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Portuguese. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Arabic and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Portuguese languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic 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 Arabic and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Portuguese Speaking population

Arabic and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Portuguese on Arabic vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Portuguese Language Codes

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