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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

3310
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Portugal

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2623
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2119
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Olá

Thank You

Thank you
obrigado

How Are You?

How are you?
Como você está?

Good Night

Good Night
boa noite

Good Evening

Good Evening
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde

Good Morning

Good Morning
bom Dia

Please

Please
Por Favor

Sorry

Sorry
pesaroso

Bye

Bye
tchau

I Love You

I love you
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

United States of America
Brazil

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Portugal

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18826
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Português

Alternative Names

English
Português

French Name

anglais
portugais

German Name

Englisch
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

English people
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

5th Century AD
3rd Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Standard English
Portuguese

Language Position

36
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
por

ISO 639 2/B

eng
por

ISO 639 3

eng
por

ISO 639 6

engs
por

Glottocode

stan1293
port1283

Linguasphere

52-ABA
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Portuguese Alphabets

English and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Portuguese. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn English and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Portuguese languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Portuguese Speaking population

English and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Portuguese on English vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Portuguese Language Codes

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