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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
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
10
Rank: 6 (Overall)
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Portugal
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Republic of Brazil
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
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
23
Rank: 5 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
About Thai Lang..
9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
About Hmong Lan..
19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
23
Rank: 13 (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)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
About Chinese L..
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Olá
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
Por Favor
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
tchau
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Mandarin
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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204,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Wu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Yue
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
About Swedish L..
4,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
10
Rank: 10 (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)
1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (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)
873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
About English L..
15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Português
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
portugais
chinois
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Han
6 History
6.1 Origin
3rd Century
1250 BC
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 Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
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6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
pt
zh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
por
zho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
por
chi
7.3 ISO 639 3
por
zho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
port1283
sini1245
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
79-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating

Portuguese and Chinese Alphabets

Portuguese and Chinese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Chinese. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Portuguese and Chinese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Chinese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and Chinese Speaking population

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

Portuguese and Chinese Language Codes

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

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