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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 vs Portuguese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare English vs Portuguese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak English or Portuguese language.

  • English is spoken as a national language in: 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.
  • Portuguese is spoken as a national language in: Portugal.

You will also get to know the continents where English and Portuguese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of English language is 3 and position of Portuguese language is 6. Find all the information about these languages on English and Portuguese.

English and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of English vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of English and Portuguese language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Portuguese Language History.

English and Portuguese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Portuguese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common English Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Portuguese Difficulty

The English vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Portuguese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.