Chinese and Portuguese Speaking countries

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China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan

China, Taiwan

Republic of Brazil

Asia

Indonesia, Malaysia

Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council

Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.

Japanese and Korean Languages

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

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.

Spanish and Galician Languages

Latin

Chinese vs Portuguese Countries

Comparing Chinese vs Portuguese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Chinese and Portuguese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Chinese is official language is whereas total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is

Find if Chinese and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Chinese and Portuguese speaking countries will give you the presence of Chinese and Portuguese languages in different countries. Along with Chinese vs Portuguese countries, you can also compare Chinese vs Portuguese.

Chinese and Portuguese as Minority Language

In Chinese and Portuguese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Chinese and Portuguese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Chinese as minority language: .
Portuguese as minority language: .

If you want to compare Chinese and Portuguese dialects, then you can go to Chinese vs Portuguese. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Chinese and Portuguese Regulators

Chinese and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Chinese and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Chinese language.Portuguese is regulated by . Also get to learn, Chinese vs Portuguese.

Chinese and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Chinese and Portuguese continents in which Chinese and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Chinese and Portuguese. Most of the Chinese speaking countries lie in . While Portuguese speaking countries lie in . Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Chinese and Portuguese languages:

Chinese Interesting Facts:

Portuguese Interesting Facts:

The Chinese language was derived from and is similar to whereas Chinese language is similar to and derived from .