Indonesian and Portuguese Speaking countries

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Indonesia

East Timor, Indonesia

Asia

Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands

Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa

The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

Malay language

Malay and Dutch Languages

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

Latin

Indonesian vs Portuguese Countries

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

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

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

Indonesian and Portuguese as Minority Language

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

Indonesian as minority language: .
Portuguese as minority language: .

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

Indonesian and Portuguese Regulators

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

Indonesian and Portuguese Continents

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

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

Portuguese Interesting Facts:

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