Filipino and Portuguese Speaking countries

Filipino vs Portuguese Countries

Comparing Filipino vs Portuguese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Filipino and Portuguese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Filipino is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is 10

Find if Filipino and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Filipino and Portuguese speaking countries will give you the presence of Filipino and Portuguese languages in different countries. Along with Filipino vs Portuguese countries, you can also compare Filipino vs Portuguese.

Filipino and Portuguese as Minority Language

In Filipino and Portuguese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Filipino and Portuguese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Filipino and Portuguese dialects, then you can go to Filipino vs Portuguese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Filipino and Portuguese Regulators

Filipino and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Filipino and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino regulates Filipino language.Portuguese is regulated by Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras. Also get to learn, Filipino and Portuguese Language History.

Filipino and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Filipino and Portuguese continents in which Filipino and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Filipino and Portuguese. Most of the Filipino speaking countries lie in Asia. While Portuguese speaking countries lie in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Filipino and Portuguese languages:

Filipino Interesting Facts:

• "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
• "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Portuguese Interesting Facts:

• 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.

The Filipino language was derived from Spanish Language and is similar to Tagalog Language whereas Filipino language is similar to Spanish and Galician Languages and derived from Latin.