French and Portuguese Speaking countries

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Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

France

Africa, Canada

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

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

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

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

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

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

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.

Spanish and Galician Languages

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French vs Portuguese Countries

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

So we find that, total number of countries where French is official language is whereas total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is

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

French and Portuguese as Minority Language

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

French as minority language: .
Portuguese as minority language: .

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

French and Portuguese Regulators

French and Portuguese speaking countries provide you French and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates French language.Portuguese is regulated by . Also get to learn, French vs Portuguese.

French and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about French and Portuguese continents in which French and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on French and Portuguese. Most of the French speaking countries lie in . While Portuguese speaking countries lie in . 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 French and Portuguese languages:

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Portuguese Interesting Facts:

The French language was derived from and is similar to whereas French language is similar to and derived from .