Countries
Total No. Of Countries
National Language
Second Language
Speaking Continents
Minority Language
Regulated By
Interesting Facts
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China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
The National Institute of the Korean Language
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Chinese and Japanese languages
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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