Home
Languagevs


Dutch and Portuguese


Portuguese and Dutch


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
10  
6

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
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Olá  

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  

Sorry
sorry  
pesaroso  

Bye
vaarwel  
tchau  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
pardon  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

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  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Portuguese  

Language Position
48  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
por  

ISO 639 3
nld  
por  

ISO 639 6
nld  
por  

Glottocode
mode1257  
port1283  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages