Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Germany
Portugal
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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 English Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Como você está?
Good Night
gute Nacht
boa noite
Good Evening
guten Abend
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
boa Tarde
Good Morning
guten Morgen
bom Dia
Sorry
Verzeihung
pesaroso
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Brazil
Dialect 2
Swabian German
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Germany
Portugal
Dialect 3
Texas German
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Texas
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Deutsch
Português
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Português
French Name
allemand
portugais
German Name
Deutsch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Germans
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
6th Century AD
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
port1283
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
German and Portuguese Speaking population
German and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of German and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Portuguese on German vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Portuguese Language Codes
German and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.