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Portuguese and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
10  
6

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Portugal  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
United States of America  

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

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Olá  

Thank You
grazie  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
boa noite  

Good Evening
buonasera  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
bom Dia  

Please
Per Favore  
Por Favor  

Sorry
scusate  
pesaroso  

Bye
arrivederci  
tchau  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Italiano  
Português  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Português  

French Name
italien  
portugais  

German Name
Italienisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
960 BC  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
27  
25
6  
6

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
por  

ISO 639 3
ita  
por  

ISO 639 6
itas  
por  

Glottocode
ital1282  
port1283  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Italian and Portuguese Speaking population

Italian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Portuguese on Italian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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