Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Portugal
China, Guangdong
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Hawaii
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
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.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Como você está?
你好吗？
Good Evening
boa Noite
晚上好
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
下午好
Excuse Me
desculpe me
原谅我
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Brazil
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Portugal
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Hong Kong
Native Name
Português
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Português
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
portugais
cantonais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Han Chinese
Origin
3rd Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
pt
No data available
ISO 639 3
por
No data available
Glottocode
port1283
cant1236
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.