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Portuguese and Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Philippines  
Portugal  

Second Language
Philippines  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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 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
Tagalog Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
Olá  

Thank You
Salamat  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
Como você está?  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
bom Dia  

Please
Mangyaring  
Por Favor  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
pesaroso  

Bye
Paalam  
tchau  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Waray  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
filipino  
Português  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Português  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
portugais  

German Name
Pilipino  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Filipino people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
16th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Portuguese  

Language Position
34  
32
6  
6

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
por  

ISO 639 3
fil  
por  

ISO 639 6
fil  
por  

Glottocode
fili1244  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Filipino and Portuguese Speaking population

Filipino and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Portuguese on Filipino vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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