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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
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
10
Rank: 6 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Portugal
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
23
Rank: 5 (Overall)
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
About Thai Lang..
9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
About Hmong Lan..
19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
10
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Olá
您好
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
早上好
3.8 Please
Por Favor
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
遗憾
3.10 Bye
tchau
再见
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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204,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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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)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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3.27 %
Rank: 7 (Overall)
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
About Chinese L..
216.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
52.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Português
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
portugais
Not Available
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Not Available
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
3rd Century
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 6 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
pt
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
por
Not Available
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
por
Not Available
7.3 ISO 639 3
por
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
port1283
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese and Cantonese Alphabets

Portuguese and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Cantonese. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Portuguese and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and Cantonese Speaking population

Portuguese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Portuguese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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