Countries
Japan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Japan
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Palau
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Olá
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
obrigado
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Como você está?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
boa noite
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
bom Dia
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Por Favor
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
pesaroso
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
tchau
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Brazil
Dialect 2
Hakata
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Portugal
Dialect 3
Kansai
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
kansai
Daman and Diu
Native Name
日本語
Português
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Português
French Name
japonais
portugais
German Name
Japanisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Japanese
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1643
port1283
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Japanese 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 Japanese and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Portuguese Speaking population
Japanese and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Portuguese on Japanese vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Portuguese Language Codes
Japanese and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.