Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Portugal
Second Language
South Africa
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
obrigado
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Como você está?
Good Night
goede Nacht
boa noite
Good Evening
goedenavond
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
boa Tarde
Good Morning
goedemorgen
bom Dia
Please
alsjeblieft
Por Favor
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
pardon
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Gronings
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Brazil
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Portugal
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Nederlands
Português
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Português
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
portugais
German Name
Niederländisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
AD 450-500
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
port1283
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch and Portuguese Speaking population
Dutch and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Portuguese on Dutch vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Portuguese Language Codes
Dutch and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.