Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
South Africa
National Language
Portugal
South Africa
Second Language
United States of America
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Dankie
How Are You?
Como você está?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
boa noite
goeie nag
Good Evening
boa Noite
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Goeie middag
Good Morning
bom Dia
goeie more
Please
Por Favor
asseblief
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Brazil
-
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Portugal
-
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Namibia
Native Name
Português
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Português
Cape Dutch
French Name
portugais
afrikaans
German Name
Portugiesisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Afrikaners
Origin
3rd Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
port1283
afri1274
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic
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 0.03 %. 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.