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Portuguese and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
10  
6

National Language
Austria  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Olá  

Thank You
hvala  
obrigado  

How Are You?
kako si  
Como você está?  

Good Night
laku noć  
boa noite  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
bom Dia  

Please
molim  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Oprostite  
pesaroso  

Bye
Doviđenja  
tchau  

I Love You
Volim te  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
hrvatski  
Português  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Português  

French Name
croate  
portugais  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
9th century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
23  
21
6  
6

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
por  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
por  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
por  

Glottocode
croa1245  
port1283  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Croatian and Portuguese Speaking population

Croatian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Portuguese on Croatian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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