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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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10
Rank: 6 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Portugal
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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23
Rank: 5 (Overall)
32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
About Hmong Lan..
19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Olá
hallo
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
goeie more
3.8 Please
Por Favor
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
jammer
3.10 Bye
tchau
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
204,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
About Dzongkha Language
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
About Swedish L..
4,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
231.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall)
19.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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3.27 %
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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216.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
7.10 million
Rank: 58 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
10.30 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Português
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
portugais
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
3rd Century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
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6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
pt
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
por
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
por
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
por
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
port1283
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese and Afrikaans Alphabets

Portuguese and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Afrikaans. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Portuguese and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Afrikaans languages. The Portuguese phonology consist Portuguese vowels and Portuguese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Portuguese greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and Afrikaans Speaking population

Portuguese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Portuguese and Afrikaans on Portuguese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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