Countries
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
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
France
Portugal
Second Language
Africa, Canada
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Como você está?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
boa noite
Good Evening
bonsoir
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Bonjour
bom Dia
Please
S'il vous plaît
Por Favor
I Love You
Je t'aime
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Brazil
Dialect 2
African French
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Africa
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Daman and Diu
Native Name
français
Português
Alternative Names
Français
Português
French Name
français
portugais
German Name
Französisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
9th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard French
Portuguese
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French and Portuguese Speaking population
French and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Portuguese on French vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Portuguese Language Codes
French and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.